FWIW,
I just launched GUSTY with a Garelick 15" travel OB Bracket, supporting my
Merc. Big Foot motor. So far so good. The Merc weighs 125 on the bathroom
scale, but the garelick seems up to the challenge.
Techlin
David Shugarts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Outboard bracket
Hi, All--
There is a new wrinkle in my quest for an outboard motor and bracket. See
below.
--Dave Shugarts
C-27 #4866 Cahoots (1981)
SR, A4, Tiller, Dinette
Newtown (Housatonic River), CT
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Website: http://www.BoatDiddly.com
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Dear Catalina Direct:
I have just recently purchased your Outboard Motor Mount, Four Spring, Product
# Z2275. I called before I bought it, and your salesman very confidently told
me that it has a vertical travel of 17 inches. I was very, very impressed by
this, since practically every other bracket of the same kind on the market has
a travel of about 11 to 13 inches.
Well, yesterday I mounted the bracket on a wall for the first time to check
the travel, and there is NO WAY it is 17 inches. I was not able to get it to
the full-down notch without straining, but the mostly-down notch is about
11-1/4 inches. I would guess the full-down is 13 inches. Please go out and
measure it for yourself.
It is too late for me to do anything but go ahead and use this bracket, and
I do very much admire the construction of it, especially the benefit of the
hefty springs. But I would suggest that you let everyone know the ACTUAL
travel of the bracket before purchase, and it would be helpful if you had a
diagram that would illustrate this, so that the owner has some guidance in
positioning it on his or her boat.
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