Thanks for the input. That’s good to know. The primary reason I am looking to add an external mount is to get the motor a little lower in the water. Both my long shaft (20”) Mariner and Evinrude motors cavitate if I step out of the cockpit. They really get loud if I go up on the foredeck. I’m afraid the cooling intake might be coming out of the water. I guess that’s Monita’s way of saying I need to lose weight. Also, with the motor tilted up in the notch I can’t put the tiller hard over when approaching my mooring, it hits the motor head. That means I pretty much always have to plan my approach to end up with a hard turn to port no matter which way the wind is blowing. Since I only need to lower the outboard by about 5” or so, what do you think of a fixed external mount? The motor tilts up more than far enough as it sits now in the notch. I’m guessing it would still clear the water even if it was 5” lower, but I am not sure. Henry Monita On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 10:39 AM Dave Scobie <scoobscobie@gmail.com> wrote:
Harry:
If you want a mount this is the one you want. It is quality, it works and it reliable.
I investigated many mounts before selecting the OB125 for the Sages. It is hands down the only one that reliably worked. Other mounts were flimsy and most were difficult to operate (meaning it was hard to impossible to get motor up/down - especially as they age). Some of the worse are made by Garelick.
IMO the 1st gen M17s should use the motor in the cutout. Steer using the rudder. I helmed my M17 using only the rudder because the motor couldn't be turned (failure in the friction fitting) and didn't have problems (may because I sailed so long on a inboard powered sailboat growing up my default is to helm the boat with the rudder not the motor).
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 9:32 PM Henry Rodriguez <heinzir@gmail.com> wrote:
I called Garhauer and ordered the OB-125 mount. Got it yesterday. I can see why it costs so much compared to other brackets from marine suppliers. It is very well made and very nicely finished. Definitely a quality product.
But, man, was I surprised when I took it out of the box. It is so much bigger and heavier than I expected it to be. (I'm not in a marina and don't get to see other boats up close very often.) It weighs 18.5 lb on my bathroom scale! That's 1/3 the weight of any motor I would ever put on that boat. My current 5hp Mariner 2-stroke only weighs 47 lb.
It just seems like way overkill for such a small motor on a small boat. I'm tempted to return it and get a smaller, lighter mount. And yet I understand that this is the same bracket that was shipped on new Sages and Montgomerys. Help me wrap my head around this, please.
Henry Monita
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