SeaMount Marine Bracket

[Bushwacker]

Originally Posted by 215robert

quick pic

Looks like Colin does a very nice fabrication job! However I don't understand why Armstrong and others give up so much flotation by angling the bracket up at the aft end instead of coming straight out like the Hermco shown below. Rather than trying to minimize drag in the "transition-to-planing" speed range that you spend little time in, I think Potter had a better idea when he designed the straight out bottom which, in addition to maximizing volume, also creates a "trim-tab" effect (additional stern lift) by being in the water when you're climbing up on plane. Don Herman used to make a living rigging production boats at a plant in Ft. Pierce, and that experience shows up in his clean rigging system that runs rigging through the flotation tank underneath the swim platform instead of across it.

[215robert]

yep one of our many discussions during the design phase, Collin's brackets set a little lower on the transom a do not have quite the lift as the Armstrong's towards the aft we also only have 26" of setback which still leaves about 3" of clearance with engine at full tilt. Rigging was personal preference based on a fear of large holes around the water line...sorry to hijack thread........