Fitting an outboard bracket

[Happy1]

I have just bought an adjustable outboard bracket from Aladdins Cave, I am going to have it fitted to my bathing platform. I would like any comments views or experiences about the fitting of these as I don't want my dealer (who is fitting it) to cock it up. Is there a correct spot it should go e.g. distance from the leg, height, position between leg and side of boat.

I thought I could get dual use of it as I bought it for the dinghy, it is only a 3.3hp but may keep me out of trouble if required, my boat is 6.13mtrs

Cheers,

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[hagrid]

We to are thinking about doing the same, although after the meeting with the shipyard, we are concerned about loosing more space on the bathing platform. So we have decided that we can continue to stow the outboard under the seat until we are sure that having the bracket fitted is the right thing to do!

While SWMBO thought the OB bracket would be good, while holding the OB in the position, then decides that the bathing platform is being eaten away with Fender baskets, Ladder, Snap davits etc.

I think its a case of where you want it?



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[Happy1]

I too was aware of the space and look of the bracket. We have chosen and had delivered today a Plastimo stainless steel one with a white plastic block (instead of the wood), it has a much smaller fixing bracket with only four screws and looks very neat, the only problem is that I paid £82.18 for it. I thought it was a bit pricey, but it takes up to 20hp or 50kg. There is another which takes less hp, I think it is one code number less than the one I got which is shown by the link below :-

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[wakeup]

Can you post some fotos once fitted.

I would be interested to see what your braket look like on your boat once fitteed as your boat is simmillar size to mine and I had ruled out the use of an ob bracket

Cheers



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[BarryH]

If you break down the cost of that bracket and look at the engineering and materials, its not that expensive. What I want to know though, is how are you going to put a bracket designed for vertical fixing on a horizontal platform and still have the prop of the outboard in the water!
Can't see how it will work, or am I missing something glaringly obvious here!

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[Happy1]

Because the bracket is small and neat it will fit on the vertical part of the bathing platform. Some of the others with the big wooden block had a large bracket with 6 holes that was longer than the surface it was to be mounted on. I think as this one is SS it is stronger and can therefore be made smaller. I must say on my boat the good solid white plastic block will look nicer than the block of wood, just a matter of keeping the SS washed down, but I have a S bathing ladder at the other side so don't see a problem. Hope to have the dealer fit it next week, so you will be able to see at Mercury if you are going.

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[BarryH]

Umm,....drilling into the hull, but the bracket is designed for flat surface and your backend is all bulbous and roundy. Are they making nice white placcy spacers for it. Be sure that when they drill the nice shiny hull that the raw edges of the glass are sealed with resin. Also make sure that they put a spreader plate on the inside of the hull. Will the warrenty be nulled for the holed hole or will it be honoured in whole where the holes go thru the hull.

Just a thought.

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[duncan]

get back to work - no wonder you end up working bank holidays instead of playing/forums/images/icons/smile.gif

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[Happy1]

Bl..dy hell, just when I thought I had it all sorted!! and you come up with this /forums/images/icons/shocked.gif. Well I have taken into account what you said, and the boat was checked and measured for the bracket, knowing my dealer they may have to use some blue tack to finish it off, I just hope it faces the right way /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif

I have a spare manual bilge pump anyway /forums/images/icons/laugh.gif and my lifeboat/Zodiac thing with fast inflator /forums/images/icons/wink.gif

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[tcm]

An outboard bracket would normally go on the rtransome somewhere, like the saily boats do. For a light boat (not sure yours is still classed as "light", ahem) you wd want it fairly central, but obviously not wher you clonk you head on it sunbathing. You'll need another bracket mounted much lower down at stern for dual use of this (good idea) as a get you home. Or, store it vertically and hidden somewhere (popular to nich outboards on brackets) and just have the ob mounted on stern (but lifted up) when you are on board.

For the get-you-home brackt, it depends on which side the drive handle is on, usually the drive handle is on port side of engine, so fit brackety get-uhome thing on starboard side of swimplatform.

remeber to put a put a lanyard/bit of rope round your wrist when moving OB between boat and dinghy as those outboards sink very quick!

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[duncan]

round your wrist???????? I think I prefer to have a safety line attached to the boat somewhere rather than me!

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[longjohnsilver]

That sinking feeling

remeber to put a put a lanyard/bit of rope round your wrist when moving OB between boat and dinghy as those outboards sink very quick!

Trouble is so would you if you went in with it, I know cos I've seen it happen (not to me thankfully!)

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[tcm]

Yes, but not possible on many boats. You would need many feet of rope to allow travel twixt dinghy and boat. If you tie the ob to the boat, with a nice long line to allow travel to/from the boat, then when you let go, the oboard twats the boat and then sinks about 6 foot down. in fact, i bet that a line round the ob to the boat wd cause more drops of outboard if you step on the rope. A shorter one on your wrist or a sling around you body is better for if you oops slip a bit. weightwise it's only a 6hp innit? Agree anything over 15 gets a bit more serious.

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[tcm]

Re: That sinking feeling

i have already ben done over for this. okay, not round wrist, but around self so that if it sent you in you could release it if fell in. Will this do?

I have seen others with line around o/b to boat, they slipped and let go, so another crew helpfully pulled on the rope to make sure it didn't go in and smacked and scraped the outboard all over the stern.

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[BarryH]

Knowing your dealer and past experience's. thy'll use six inch nails bashed thru and bent over! So let me get this right. The bracket is not actually going to be fitted right on the stern. So in actual fact is just for storage of said outboard. OK so why get an ajustable one? Cant see the point in it, you let it down and the skeg of the engine will leave nice skeg shaped indentation in the platform!
If you had said, I could have knocked you one up in my tes break with my new found fibreglass flapping and resin splashing skills and still had time for 4 fags 3 cups of tea and the Sun crossword. Could only have done half the the Times one though.

The safety thing round your wrist. His winding you up........I hope!

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[aztec]

spanner in the works?

will 3.3 hp move a boat that size?

i used a 4hp on my microplus (16-17ft) against the ebbing current... slow progress to say the least, and very little in the way of steerage, and that was with the leg up!

wouldn't fancy having to rely on it myself. also have you ever piloted your boat from the swim platform.. you will need steering controls of some type?

just a thought. regards, steve.

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[longjohnsilver]

Re: That sinking feeling

Almost, but still bet you wouldn't be able to quik release before you sank into the mud ;-(

Best bet is to have it tied to a davit or some overhang, which of course H1 doesn't have, maybe something for him to add to his boat, would even out the bow down trim.....................

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[BarryH]

Re: That sinking feeling

But its only a 3.3 merc. Diddy little engine. Ok so it has no bouancy, but Happy's..umm...........got a bit. I can throw a 4 hp 4 stroke from the bathing thing on my boat onto the stern of the inflatable no probs, haven't dropped it in....yet!

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[longjohnsilver]

Re: That sinking feeling

So Barry are you politely saying that H1 is a fat b#####d? ;-)
For some reason I'd got in mind a slim, combat ready sort of chap. So he's really just like the rest of us.

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[BarryH]

Re: That sinking feeling

Slim! Combat ready!..........Hah, how can I put this.........no!

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