On Wed, 04 May 2005 13:35:14 GMT, "Floyd in Tampa"
wrote:


No offense, but leaving a 100 lb motor hanging on a bracket with no
support for a trip of that distance is - well, stupid. No other word
for it.
Another word for it might be.....unfortunate.......

Well, that's being charitable - perhaps I was a little harsh. I've
had my share of "oh sh..." over the years. :)

As often as not, I suspect that the bracket cracks are the cumulative result
of metal fatigue, rather than a one-time stress, and an outboard bouncing
along for over a thousand miles might be what pushed the bracket to the
limit.

~~ snip ~~

Exactly.

Unless there is some evidence of the motor being backed into something,
methinks you protest too much.

Agreed.

Later,

Tom