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Originally Posted by MASBAS
Snookerd, Regarding point #2, which was better? Can you give me some more details on that (without upsetting anyone). I am currently planning a 23SF resto, bracket with twins is the current plan. I have read a ton on this site but have not yet taken a ride on one.
I need to find someone in NJ with a 23sf and bracket with twins.
Thanks
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I ran twin Mercury 225s on an Armstrong bracket on a 23SF. Each motor was 445lbs. If you look at the two pictures I posted earlier in the thread, the key is to look at how each motor is trimmed. The transom mounted motor is positively trimmed and the bracketed motor is negatively trimmed. That’s a giveaway for balancing the ride. The famous Woosh of our VDRs will always be there with either set up. It all depends on how much weight forward is set up on the bracketed boat. Twins on a bracket can be great, if you look at this past week‘s Florida sportsman dreamboat addition, Coreys Sceptre to center console conversion with twin 150 Suzuki’s on a bracket look like it rode pretty well. It’s doable, but for me personally a large single motor is the maximum amount of weight I want on a 23SF SeaCraft. Transom mounted or on a bracket- twin 115‘s or the now canceled three cylinder G2 Etecs up to 150 hp would be fine on a Sceptre due to the offsetting weight of the cabin so far forward, but I probably wouldn’t do that on the SF.