Nice...I carry my motor in my vehicle, so far, but if I were wanting an alternative I would do something like this, or what someone else posted, to have a motor mount bracket somewhere near the front of the trailer. It's a reasonable location because it has less motion/bouncing in most cases when towing, compared to the transom. cheers, John On 4/2/21 3:14 PM, Edward Cazier wrote:
When I last painted my M-17(#888 Scooby Doo), I installed a larger and stouter motor mount on the transom, but am still nervous about damaging the transom (or the motor mount) by leaving the outboard there when traveling. Although I’m not yet retired, the pandemic has given me lots of time to spend on sailboat projects, so I built the motor mount described in the attached. No more worries about the motor mount or transom or about gas fumes in the car.
On Apr 2, 2021, at 3:44 PM, George Iemmolo <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a bracket for the OB on my front Mast support on the trailer. Does require moving it on my shoulder to the OB bracket on the rear of the boat. I can still manage it at 89 but it is only 2x a year at Splash and Haul time. George "We Can Not Control the Wind But We Can Adjust Our Sails"
On Fri, Apr 2, 2021 at 3:34 PM Steve Trapp <stevetrapp@q.com> wrote:
I have never taken the risk of damaging my transom by traveling on the road with my outboard on the transom of my M-15, but have always stowed in the back of my pickup until I arrive at the launch ramp. I am interested to read what other M-boaters have to report on this question. Steve M-15- 335
-----Original Message----- From: Peter Zimowsky via montgomery_boats Sent: Friday, April 2, 2021 8:31 AM To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats Cc: Peter Zimowsky Subject: M_Boats: outboard motor on transom
HI: I probably put this under the wrong subject line. Anyway,
Normally I leave my 75-pound 4-stroke, 4-horse outboard on the transom all the time for the short trips to the lake (14 miles round trip; once a week). However, when I do my cruises in the San Juans, it’s 600 miles over the Blues and Cascades. I have been leaving the motor on the transom. Is that unwise? The motor is too heavy for me to put it on the motor rack on my boat trailer and keep taking it on and off. Any ideas? I’m I damaging the outboard motor rack on the transom. It seems to be tight; no damage after 5 years of this practice. I’m thinking of tradings the Merc in for a lighter motor.
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