30" set back too much?

3 Squids

3 Squids

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I got a line on a bracket for my new project. It is a 13 degree bracket which is perfect. It is a 30" setback bracket. Is that too much setback for my boat? I've always been told further back you can get the motor the better. Is there a possibility I can set it back too far?
 
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I little recommendation based on my own personal experience with a bracketed V20. a 20 foot boat is on the short for a bracket. Lots of people will tell you not to bother, but the key is you'll need to consider the balance point of the hull after you have added the bracket. Believe me, putting 400 lbs 30" further back will effect how it sits and rides in the water. Am I'm not just referring to buoyance compensation with a floatation bracket - ( A typical Armstrong like floatation bracket doesn't really help that much unless your running a 30" shaft.) Suggest you consider repositioning the tank / or console further forward to compensate. otherwise I don't suspect you'll be happy in the end after going through all that effort.

Just my two 2 cents.

Kamikaze
 
Thanks for the input. This isn't for my center console. I am converting an IB/OB closed transom cuddy boat to OB so really it's my only option. I could spend $1300-$1600 on a 24" bracket which is the minimum I'd be able to go for cowl clearance or I can get this 30" one for $450. On a budget with this boat so if I could make it work just by moving some stuff around it'd be great. I'm redoing the floor and taking the tank out and most likely redoing the stringers and bulkheads so moving the tank forward would be a possibility.

The boat originally had a small block 350 in it so will the weight difference between that and my 200 help at all. I'm sure the 200 has to be lighter.
 
I hung a bracket on a 22 sea ray with a 225 evinrude. if I remember correctly, the setback was 29. it was a bunch of years ago and we had the bracket fabbed because nobody made them back then. everybody said it wouldn't work. it did.
 
charlie_the_tuna said:
I hung a bracket on a 22 sea ray with a 225 evinrude. if I remember correctly, the setback was 29. it was a bunch of years ago and we had the bracket fabbed because nobody made them back then. everybody said it wouldn't work. it did.
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Hell yea. Eff-em. From what I've read a mercruiser 350 and lower unit is close to 700lbs, which is what was in it. So deleting 250-300 lbs off the back would be a good start I guess. The battery trays were aft the fuel tank so I could probably relocate those forward any like I said the tank can also be moved. I was told it mostly depended to on the flotation of the bracket. I can't find much info on it but I'm assuming what goes under the water line would be the amount of flotation? Here's a pic of the bracket in case anyone didn't see it in my other thread.
 
3 Squids said:
Hell yea. Eff-em. From what I've read a mercruiser 350 and lower unit is close to 700lbs, which is what was in it. So deleting 250-300 lbs off the back would be a good start I guess. The battery trays were aft the fuel tank so I could probably relocate those forward any like I said the tank can also be moved. I was told it mostly depended to on the flotation of the bracket. I can't find much info on it but I'm assuming what goes under the water line would be the amount of flotation? Here's a pic of the bracket in case anyone didn't see it in my other thread.
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Closer to 900-1000 lbs for a marine small block chevy and an alpha outdrive. A 350 weighs around 625 lbs by itself, throw 80-100 lbs of manifolds, risers, and other junk, the 90 or so for an alpha outdrive, another 60-70 for the gimbal housing, 10 for the trim and tilt, and some odds and ends, and you see how quickly it adds up.
 
THEFERMANATOR said:
Closer to 900-1000 lbs for a marine small block chevy and an alpha outdrive. A 350 weighs around 625 lbs by itself, throw 80-100 lbs of manifolds, risers, and other junk, the 90 or so for an alpha outdrive, another 60-70 for the gimbal housing, 10 for the trim and tilt, and some odds and ends, and you see how quickly it adds up.
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Wow. Yea never really thought about all the add ons. Good point. I had figured the motor was about 600 so that makes sense.

Anyways I went ahead and bought the bracket. The guy was over me "wasting his time". I have been stalling trying to make sure I wasn't wasting my time and money. If when I'm ready to mount a bracket if this is all I have I'll mount it, hang the motor and figure it out from there. But I really think taking minimum 500lbs off the back of the boat has to counter weight it some.
 
30" set back will be fine provided you stay light weght with your outboard. I would avoid a 4 stroke if it was mine except for say the 140 SUZUKI, or 150 YAMAHA. The older 2.0l, 2.4l, and 2.5l MERC's are a match made in heaven weighing less than 400lbs, and ranged from 135-200HP. Also look into putting your batteries in the cabin and things like that. An i/o already has the fuel tank moved forward, so thats in your favor there. Several have done it, and the cuddies seem to work better for ocean going vessels than center consoles do with brackets as they already have more weight forward.
 
Did you ever get the bracket mounted on the boat?

I'm curious because there is a IO V-20 project for sale in Houston. Boat looks like a good candidate for a bracket.
 
No I have had no time to mess with anything. This project will be an expensive one so I don't want to rush it. But I still do plan to use the bracket.
 
3 Squids said:
No I have had no time to mess with anything. This project will be an expensive one so I don't want to rush it. But I still do plan to use the bracket.
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If you decide not to use the bracket at some point let me know....i will buy it from you. Im right around the corner from you.
 
Kracker Jack said:
If you decide not to use the bracket at some point let me know....i will buy it from you. Im right around the corner from you.
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I'll keep you in mind Kracker. If I decide to abort the plan you'll be the first to know. Regardless I'd love to check out your rig sometime. Maybe this summer we can meet up.
 
Well I put a bracket on my boat and I didn't go as far back as 30 but it does change way to the boat in the back putting a moto I'll follow back but more importantly what I found what you need to get a 30 inch leg on it no more 25 put the longer leg on it get extension bracket kit and put it on the motor itself so that you going to raise the motor out of the water because the top of the motor be right the whole or the right on the edge of the water and you want to get it up out of the water Frozen 30-inch bracket it might be a little bit of an issue but if you move the batteries or whatever it might change you could always put sandbags in front of the boat until you see where to see how much we need big Buster back up and then you can move the tank in the batteries to where you want to bounce some boat that's my five cents worth
 
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