Broken Motor Mount on a 192

[John Staloch]

I had an unusual event this week end. I was launching my 1986 O'Day 192 on Mille Lacs Lake in Central Minnesota. It is a shallow circular lake about 20 miles across in each direction. Winds cause very steep and frequent waves across all those miles of twenty feet and less of depth with many many miles of fetch. Even when the wind only 15 to 20 knots, we can get three foot breakers, three or four feet apart. As I was coming out of a very small habour and gunning my little 4.5 Johnson out board, the thick plywood mount that the motor was attached to broke off. Fortuneately, I had my hand on the throtle and with some damage to my middle aged back, I was able to hang on an retrieve the motor before it sank in the harbour. I was also fortounate enough to have young men aboard with boat hooks ready to fend us off the rocks of the break waters before we got blown back into the harbor.Does any body know of a source for the two inch thick plywood I will need to replace the 2X8 I used to save some sailing for the weekend?

 

[jeff]

motor mount

i do not but u could try rudy at d&r marine or perhaps your local lumber yard . I have to raise the question as to whether it must be ply or possibly 2by material or even better a composite of some sorts. Also check with the manufacture of the original bracket .

 

[Dave]

Consider the plastic mounting pad

John,Nice save on the outboard. I'm sure mine would have been at the bottom of the lake given my reaction time. Anyhow, a few years ago, when I had my old motor mount, the wood split on me as well. I replaced it with the heavy duty plastic mounting pad seen in the link below. You can actually buy the pad separately from the motor mount at BoatUS/West Marine. I think it was about $30-$35. Later I replaced the mount as well, and the folks at BoatUS were willing to sell me the mount without the pad. Daves/v Hakuna MatataO'Day 222

 

[Herb Parsons]

Plywood?

I'd recommnend you NOT replace it with plywood. Plywood is notorious for "wicking" up water in it's edges. That's one of the reasons that "finish work" usually involves eding the plywood with solid wood.The advice below is good, replacing with a pre-moulded pad. You might also consider gluing two pieces of wood together, then encasing them in fiberglass.