We are in the process of the exact same thing. Unfortunately we have had 3 mechanics tell us the same thing - you need to cut the transom to fit the new motor. They told us it is the best thing to do compared to sealing it up and building a mount.
--- On Wed, 2/10/10, mujin2000 <[email protected]> wrote: From: mujin2000 <[email protected]> Subject: [IC27A] Replacing the outboard on a 1977 Catalina 27 To: [email protected] Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010, 11:35 AM The old Yamaha 2str barely fit through the opening in the transom to tilt up. The new 4Str heads are bigger and it looks like they won't fit. Using a bracket will further extend the motor aft making the controls inaccessible (and the remoting option is another $1k in parts + the labor). Is there a list of motors that will fit? Is there a known documented solution? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
