With bracket or without ?

[bgreene]

Good info guys, thanks

[Bushwacker]

All of the above replies regarding Pro's of brackets are absolutely right but there are also some Cons, mainly related to the aft CG shift caused by mounting the motor further aft. I discussed this at length in a post I did in about 2009 or so. I found this link to it http://www.classicseacraft.com/forum...fpart=all&vc=1, but couldn't get it to work. Maybe our archives don't go back that far since the change in the website host. If one of the administrators knows how to get to it, I'd sure like to know, as I put a fair amount of thought into it!

[thehermit]

Originally Posted by Bushwacker

All of the above replies regarding Pro's of brackets are absolutely right but there are also some Cons, mainly related to the aft CG shift caused by mounting the motor further aft. I discussed this at length in a post I did in about 2009 or so. I found this link to it http://www.classicseacraft.com/forum...fpart=all&vc=1, but couldn't get it to work. Maybe our archives don't go back that far since the change in the website host. If one of the administrators knows how to get to it, I'd sure like to know, as I put a fair amount of thought into it!

Someone really needs to build one of these and report back on the CG issues/results

[Bigshrimpin]

Oh boy JJ . . . it's on schedule for 2014

[Blackfin26]

How about simply using a 25" setback bracket and then notching out the transom cap a bit to allow the engine to tilt up. A friend of mine did this with his Hiliner. Still has the full transom cap but with a 15" wide by about 8" deep pocket glassed out of it. I think that would serve the same purpose as your drawing JJ?

[Grneyedloki]

Originally Posted by thehermit

Someone really needs to build one of these and report back on the CG issues/results

They did build one of these. Well seacraft didnt but a company made an exact copy of a 23 and had a bracket like this on is from factory. I believe is was an ocean pro.

[Bigshrimpin]

Originally Posted by Grneyedloki

They did build one of these. Well seacraft didnt but a company made an exact copy of a 23 and had a bracket like this on is from factory. I believe is was an ocean pro.

OceanPro 24 . . . I found a few pics. That is almost exactly what I want to do with mine. It's like a 23 seacraft with a interpid style transom.

http://www.bluewaverentals.com/oceanpro.html

[PigSticker]

A buddy of mine bought one of those hulls brand new a few years back and then had it all rigged out, nice looking boat but it totally fell apart on him,said it was a big pile of shizzz,it wasnt even worth fixing so he stripped it down sold everything and towed the hull to the dump and bought a 27 Contender...

[KenB]

Originally Posted by Bigshrimpin

OceanPro 24 . . . I found a few pics. That is almost exactly what I want to do with mine. It's like a 23 seacraft with a interpid style transom.

http://www.bluewaverentals.com/oceanpro.html

I thought silver hawk 27 was a 23 with an integrated bracket?

http://silverhawkboats.com/2700cc.html