With bracket or without ?

thehermit · #1 12-18-2012, 08:03 AM

I am biased

With Potter Hermco bracket

1. Designed with/by Potter
2. Safety/Stability of closing outboard set up transom
3. Cleans up inside for fishing...lots of new room
4. Luv that swim platform for getting in the boat
5. Quick on plane acts like big trim tab
6. Remove 'in deck baitwell' provides easy access to bilge/pumps/seacocks etc.

Normagain · #2 12-18-2012, 08:19 AM

Yeah, you need a Hermco or other large bracket to get a good flotation benefit. I had a single Gil on my last boat and will never do that again. Not enough flotation, the bottom drain plug would always break and/or leak, boat didn't back up well.

bgreene · #3 12-18-2012, 11:50 AM

Good info guys, thanks

Bushwacker · #4 12-18-2012, 06:44 PM

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 · #5 12-20-2012, 08:24 AM

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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 · #6 12-20-2012, 10:07 AM

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

Blackfin26 · #7 12-20-2012, 10:34 AM

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 · #8 01-14-2013, 09:20 AM

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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 · #9 01-14-2013, 11:01 AM

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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