Installing a bracket

[JW-Tex]

If they are Bennett tabs I think they have shorter hydraulic cylinders availalbe if that helps.

[JohnB]

Thanks,
I just got off the phone with tabman/aka Tom, and he suggested I look at the short ones, they are 2" shorter that the standard ones. I also have the 9x17 which overlap one of the chimes, so I am looking at the 12x12.
Anyone use the shorter accutators? and what are most of you running for tabs, 12x12" ?

[Capt Chuck]

Anyone use the shorter accutators? and what are most of you running for tabs, 12x12" ?

John

I switched out the standard actuators for the short ones on my bracket install. The Potter Bracket sits lower than the Armstrong so the small ones would fit nice and snug underneath for you. I still had to cut out a small section of the bracket. I also use the 12"x12" tabs

[JohnB]

Thanks,
Your boat looks sharp. That bracket has a little bigger "chamber" then the armstrong, but it looks like it is within an inch or so of where they say to mount it (23" above the keel). Did you delete the drain plug?
Also, do you have any pictures of the inside of your transom, how it's laid out?
I am planning on putting a livewell back there on mine.
Your tabs are not "flush" with the bottom, is there a reason for that?

[Capt Chuck]

Did you delete the drain plug?

Yes, Being on a lift makes plug access impossible. A custom garboard drain was fashioned thru the keel with access via the transom door for bilge draining.

do you have any pictures of the inside of your transom, how it's laid out?

Go to the 23' models and view shots of the transom redo.

Click Here---> Transom redo

Your tabs are not "flush" with the bottom, is there a reason for that?

They are flush (up approx 1/8"), the camera angle confused you...

[JohnB]

Thanks,
It looks great. I am contemplating putting a live well in similar to yours, and then seeing if there is enough room to put an insulated infloor fish locker where the livewell used to be.

Man that hermco bracket is a bathtub. It looks like it will mount about the same height as the Armstrong. It must have about 1/3 more floatation. Floatation wan't a huge problem for me, with the sceptre and hardtop, I really don't want to point the nose down any more than it is already.
What have you found going from a transom to a bracket mounted motor? Handling? Balance? Economy?

[Capt Chuck]

and then seeing if there is enough room to put an insulated infloor fish locker where the livewell used to be.

John, depending on how far forward your fuel tank is you should have room. Here are a couple shots of the in-floor Fishbox.