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Baws with a hunt deck, surface drive boat
Posted on 8/21/17 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 8/21/17 at 8:32 pm
What's your motor mount height? Say, from the bottom of hull to the top of the motor bracket on your hunt deck. My build is coming along, but I need to know how tall to make my transom bracket. Thanks!
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Posted on 8/21/17 at 9:00 pm to bootlegger
Thought you could tailor that to whatever motor you're mounting depending on shaft length.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 9:03 pm to magicman534
quote:
shaft length
Posted on 8/21/17 at 9:08 pm to bootlegger
Some companies oversize bracket dimension. I guess I would look at the gauge aluminum you are plating and go from there. What's the boat length and hp? 6" in each direction should suffice if I'm understanding you correctly.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 10:28 pm to PaBon
Building a 17x50, and mounting a 35 or 37 GatorTail or MudBuddy. Not sure how tall the jack plate/mount needs to be on the hunt deck.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 10:41 pm to bootlegger
gotcha. I understand. Go devil and gator trax should have a transom height of each model available online i assume. I'll measure mine this week and post back. Make sure to check the angle of that bracket. It's probably not a big deal, but if you run long distances, it make sense to have that almost running itself and just you steering.
Posted on 8/21/17 at 10:42 pm to bootlegger
Worth a shot to just call bubba or hoyt at gatortail and ask them the dimensions on their boats
Posted on 8/22/17 at 7:00 am to bootlegger
I imported into autocad, scaled it at the trailer boards (assuming that that they are 2x4s on edge), and pulled a measurment of 1'-8" from the btm of the transom to the top of the motor mount.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 7:06 am to CHEDBALLZ
That's something I can work with
ETA: assuming that pic I pulled from Google isn't a boat built for an outboard
This post was edited on 8/22/17 at 7:12 am
Posted on 8/22/17 at 7:08 am to bootlegger
I was trying to get the angle too but I cant find a picture of one good enough to pull a measurement.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:22 am to bootlegger
The standard is a 20" transom height. But there is also a correct angle for the transom.
The short is a 16" or so.
The short is a 16" or so.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:23 am to snapper26
Yeah, I believe that 20" is for an outboard.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 8:52 am to bootlegger
Surface drives didn't just dream up a new transom height.
That's the reason people can run them on any production made boat.
That's the reason people can run them on any production made boat.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 10:36 am to bootlegger
Call bubba at gator tail. For mine, it was a 21" transom. yours looks unusually high, but maybe that's just the pic.
Posted on 8/22/17 at 11:55 am to bootlegger
Just ask shallow water customs......
Posted on 8/22/17 at 5:49 pm to Motorboat
Mine isn't built yet. That was a pic I lifted from Google.
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