Adding Bracket to New Transom

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Ha Lou

What I see of your work you have done a great job and looks very very good.

I am no engineer and really don’t know how much stress that engine sitting on a bracket puts on the transom but “For Me” I would not trust a bracket that has just been laminated to the outer skin of a transom and expect it to hold. Maybe some one else who knows this type of stuff more then me will chime in on this point. I really like your idea & I have talked about fabrication a integrated bracket into the transom on two separate occasions but I have always thought that you would have to connect the stringers to the bracket and beef up the outside wall of the transom to at lease ½ to ¾ of a inch to boot. Kind of like how Sea Vee does their boats. If you don’t at least through bold through your transom the ¼” outer wall of the transom could de laminate from the transom core and you just lost your $15,000 motor. Again maybe some one else could talk about these types of issues.


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