Outboard Bracket
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I've been looking at this one and really like it.
Garhauer emailed me yesterday and it's $200.00. It's not on their website. You can order it by calling (909)985-9993
Garhauer emailed me yesterday and it's $200.00. It's not on their website. You can order it by calling (909)985-9993
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That looks like a nice bracket for the money. In fact, I think it's pretty similar to the one that my friend Wayne has on his Seaward 22.
I used to believe that four stroke outboard engines should require a bracket rated for a four stroke. I've changed my opinion on this and I no longer believe it. I'm no authority on anything of this nature. I'm just going by what I've seen with my own eyes and also knowledgeable people whom I've recently talked to about this.
Rudy sells a heavy duty bracket very similar to the
Garhaure pictured which is not rated for a four stroke engine but some of the guys who own O'Day 25s who have these brackets are using four stroke outboards up to 15 hp and these brackets are working out great for them. I'm not saying that Rudy's brackets are better suited for your outboard but what I'm saying is, if you have a heavy duty bracket it's going to work just as well as a bracket rated for a four stroke provided it's rated for the weight of your outboard.
A few years ago one of the guys on this forum was out with his family on his O'Day 25. He had a four stroke outboard mounted on an el cheapo Fulton outboard bracket similar to the one I have on my boat. To make a long story short, someone over accelerated the outboard in forward gear and the thrust or engine torque literally stoved in the transom of his boat, luckily above the waterline. Now here's the kicker; The cheap engine bracket sustained no damage whatsoever. I know this to be a fact because he posted the pics of it.
If you're going to mount a bracket on your boat, I would go for a heavy duty bracket and beef up your inside transom with plywood if it needs it.
If your boat doesn't have a transom block, now is the time to mount one. I'm not really all that certain if the transom block will allow you to tilt your engine on it's own bracket without having to raise the engine bracket because of the high freeboard on the O'Day 25s and 26s.
If your transom isn't perpendicular to the centerline of your boat, the angle of the block will will take care of it. You can view this by looking down over the stern from the cockpit. The outboard should be straight with it's own bracket and not at an angle to Starboard if the bracket is mounted on the Starboard side of the transom.
A picture is worth a thousand words so I'll post a few here to illustrate.
The first two pics is my old Fulton bracket. The third pic is a bracket that my friend Del gave me last year. It's a Panther. The holes all lined up when I mounted it. The next two pics are of Ray's O'Day 26. He made those two blocks out of thick pine and fiberglassed them. The last pic is Wayne's Seaward 22 with his old Johnson 9.9 two stroke. He now has a late model Tohatsu 9.4 hp four stroke mounted on this same bracket.
Like I said. I'm no expert on this subject but if I ever buy a heavy duty bracket for a four stroke, it's not going to be a $350 four stroke bracket. If I can get a decent heavy duty bracket for a couple of hundred, I'll buy it as long as it is rated to take the weight of my outboard. If I ever have to buy a four stroke 8 hp, I'm going to go with the Panther bracket pictured.
Joe
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www.usedsailboatstuff.com I know they have one / used to have one, because I cut it off a 25 about a month ago. Is in nice shape, white.
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