Braket build

[Bushwacker]

My waterline at the transom is now about 5" above the chine when I'm fully loaded for a long cruise with a couple of big 70 qt coolers, 6 gallons of water in the galley seat and an extra 10 gallons of gas in jugs. Check out this post I sent to Strick a few months ago regarding bracket mounting height. http://www.classicseacraft.com/commu...height&page=10

Here's a link to a slide show of my boat's waterline before and after bracket. http://s188.photobucket.com/albums/z...t=5e5bed30.pbw Those old V-4's are pretty light and you can see that my trim tab mounting plate is almost out of the water, so that would put the waterline with the old motor about 2" above the chine at the transom.