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Originally Posted by take a potter
Thanks for the response and additional pictures.
Looking at it, it sure gives one pause, consensus is go with a 30" shaft but having the platform 5" more inches off the water, I don't know. Seems like those modern shelves just hanging on the wall with no visible means of support. Maybe we need a 27.5" shaft.
Decisions, decisions.
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Here is the dilemma, 30" shaft on a 23 single outboard with a low platform is possible but you may end up with all four bolts that attach the outboard may land above the swim platform. It is hard enough to do this on a 20 with a 25" leg but a 23 with a 30" is even more of a pain. Most of the time the lower bolts want to land right where the bracket joins the platform neither above or below. Most manufactured brackets have high mount platforms so they will work on many different hulls. Even the Hermco (nice as they are) mounts too high for my likening. Making or building your own custom bracket is the best way to get around this but be prepared to spend hours mocking it up, scratching your head, building the molds and laying up the bracket its self. Better be good at math all I got to say. You should see my scribble pads from the few brackets I've tried to build.