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Trolling plate for inboard outboard8/27/2023 ![]() ![]() If you think thats bad wait till you get to the trim tab mounting hardware. But I've done mucho work on mine, and I can vouch for the 1/2 inch as the mean thickness. I'll have to take your word for its thickness. By providing more info as to what you have and what you plan to mount, might be helpful. There are owners on this forum who have mounted outboards in about every conceivable way possible. Many of us have those, the down side to that system is the engine is subject to submersion, and needs to be light for torque reasons, and to be able to be hoisted on and off the bracket on the swim grid. bracket attached to the swimgrid is a whole different matter. Putting a low weight, low hp outboard on a small alum. Check with bajadan, he has some experience putting weight aft of the transom. By adding substantial weight to the transom you also affect the attitude of hull in the water. You would be re-designing the support brackets for sure and the teak slatted grids are very flimsy once the frame is compromised. ![]() I doubt you can retain the swim grid and mount a raise/lower mtr. One is an 8 hp Yamaha, the other a 15 hp Merc. I have a couple of leadfooted friends in I/O's who are constantly repairing damage to their transoms, which are about 3 inches thick. Each time you bounce off a wave that combined weight (engine and bracket) tries to tear itself off of the transom. Very little strength without adding mucho re-inforcement. Keep in mind the transoms on Shamrocks are 1/2 inch thick above the deck. This would affect my suggestions, and there are several types. I don't see what boat you have, or what type of swim grid. If you want to go with a lift, you should be able to install in a manner, which will drop the motor into the water (and lift it out) without cutting a section out of your platform.Ĭouple of things come to mind. I drilled 4 holes in the platform to bolt the bracket to the platform.Ī lift seemed like a good idea at first, but it ended not being workable if mounted to the trailing edge of the platform, and I just went with a bracket, which I could remove easily.Ĭutting a circle shape into the platform will make a nice spot to drop the motor in behind the boat, but I would not recommend doing that, because it will ruin the platform. I think mounting the kicker in center of the platform, and as far aft as possible is prefered. You can get a similar item to mount the kicker at the boat store. Those are $800, so I just mounted the motor to the center of my platform with a removable bracket, which I had fabricated out of aluminum. I too considered a using a lift to mount the motor, and priced out an OMC gas spring lift. I like having independant auxillary power for the boat. ![]()
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