20' SeaCraft - better w/ or w/o a bracket ???

[Bigshrimpin]

You can see how much higher out of the water a 25" motor sits



I had this boat backing up into white caps along side the berkeley pier in nasty afternoon SF Bay winds rescuing a kayaker and his river kayak (upside down full of water). There's no way I could have done that with my 20 MA and open transom.

The seafari with the bracket doesn't corner at high speeds like the MA and the reverse handling isn't as good, but I'm seriously considering filling in the transom on the MA and doing another bracket this winter.