Twin 140 4 Stroke on 23 CC

[VitaminSea]

Tuck...Sounds like you did a great job on the boat. I also have a 23 but it is a 1972. Like you, I repowered from twin 1976 Johnson 85's to 2004 Yamaha F115's. My problem is that I chose 25 inch shafts on a 20 inch transom and like you I do not want to put a bracket on. (chose those because of the counter rotation). I have the old style splashwell with the baitwell in the floor. After running the boat for 35 hours or so, it is a bit heavy in the rear. The only real problem come from the following sea. Two ideas that I have are both from boats with the similar problem. One was to raise the motor height and rear height with a custom made motor bracket that I found via a guy here in Summerville, and the second was a guy had plexiglass made to block the extra water that might come from backing down on something. Both motors could still turn, but it stopped some of the water from coming over the back. Like you, I would like to keep everyting as original as possible. The bracket plate is probably the way I'm going, so far it looks like it wil run around 500 buck for a stainless steel "motor bracket" with the white powder coat.