Construction issues with my bracket?

[DonV]

If I remember the Dusky drive has visible bolts on the mounting flange which is outside of the tub. Yep, I just Googled "dusky drive" and the bolts are on the outside.

[jtharmo]

That’s a high stress area for any bracket. This is the Hermco on Bushwacker’s Seafari. I notice these by maybe S. Carolina pulling her from Florida to New York. Didn’t get any worse so I concluded the cross-country trip didn’t cause them.

As a trailer boat with bracket and outboard, Denny used a transom saver to carry much of the engine weight. I bet the one you’re showing didn’t have that care. At least as far my Hermco bracket I was lucky enough to talk to Don Herman and he wasn’t at all concerned but these, of course he knows his construction.