Wayne.B wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2007 18:24:24 -0400, HK wrote:

Speaking of flats boats, I've got a photo here of a Parker bay boat
(not a deep vee) whose owner installed an after-market bracket so he
could raise and lower the engine lower unit for shallow water fishing.
It seems to me it would have been easier to go with a jacks plate, but
this guy wanted something different:

http://tinyurl.com/375xfb

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Hope that bracket is really well built, it has got to have a heck of a
lot of stress on it.


Indeed. The "standard" Parker bracket is transom wide and is held on
with about 40 one inch stainless steel bolts. I couldn't believe how
many bolts there were on the bracket on my old Parker.