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May 07, 2012, 11:52:15 AM
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daniel123

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Outboard Bracket on a 170
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Anyone have experience or input on installing an outboard bracket (such as a D&D or similar) on a 170? Just a thought to buy cockpit space -- and perhaps net some other benefits?

Dan

May 07, 2012, 12:24:48 PM
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akbridge

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Re: Outboard Bracket on a 170
« Reply #1 on: May 07, 2012, 12:24:48 PM »
I would not recommend it.  That will put the stern lower in the water.  These boats are already sensitive to weight in the stern.  I have a jackplate on mine and it did change how it sits in the water.  If you use a bracket with floatation it could work for you.  But with all that why not just start out with a 19-6?

May 08, 2012, 09:56:05 AM
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daniel123

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Re: Outboard Bracket on a 170
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 09:56:05 AM »
I'd like to own a 19'6 but they don't come available very often, and the 170 I do own is in good shape, and the transom has been redone. My only complaint is the lack of cockpit space aft and I wondered if anyone else had attempted to remedy that by installing an outboard bracket on a 170. And yep, with the 115 2-stroke I have on the boat, the stern sits low. The other problem is that the outboard's bracket partially covers the drains on the outside of the transom so that I can't use one-way ball-type scuppers on them to drain the cockpit. I am thinking about cutting new drain holes but am not sure where...

May 08, 2012, 01:32:53 PM
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Re: Outboard Bracket on a 170
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 01:32:53 PM »
Unless your going with a full transom water will come over the transom when you back down
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May 08, 2012, 07:16:51 PM
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Re: Outboard Bracket on a 170
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 07:16:51 PM »
When you come off plane it will get dangerous with the water rushing back up on the transom.  I could see a small set-back jack plate but you should probably skip the bracket. I can take you to see a 170 that sunk on it's maiden voyage after adding a bracket and 4 stroke and coming off plane the first time.
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May 09, 2012, 08:48:43 AM
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daniel123

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Re: Outboard Bracket on a 170
« Reply #5 on: May 09, 2012, 08:48:43 AM »
Thanks for the input, guys. I figured the filling-in of a full transom would be required, and since most of the older AS transoms need to to be rebuilt anyway that perhaps someone had attempted the full-transom/bracket route. As for finding a 19-6, there is a 1999 Osprey with a '98 115 Johnson up here I can get for $4500 on a decent aluminum trailer.  It's a Florida rig brought up here to the Great Lakes six years ago and been under wraps ever since...

 


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