Outboard Motor Bracket

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:06 am

Below is a picture of an interesting outboard motor bracket I plucked off a European web site months ago. I have never seen one like it locally. If anyone has any info on it, please let me know.
Thanks.

Post by **Tim** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:30 am

It looks like it might well be a custom fabrication. It looks pretty simple in concept--a couple tubular rails and a bracket that slides up and down on the rails. It wouldn't be that hard to conceive one in concert with a trusted metal fabricator.

Allen · Post by **Allen** » Thu Apr 28, 2005 5:02 pm

I saw something like this on a homemade 40 ft LOA catamaran in San Diego back in the 70's. The cat had an internal engine well with a similar system with a block and tackle setup to lower it to the water from the deck house.

If you are looking for an idea on mounting an outboard, you may be interested in this article by James Baldwin.

http://www.atomvoyages.com/projects/outboard.htm

Peter · Post by **Peter** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:25 am

Tim:
Good idea on the self-fabrication. Sounds like a nice winter project to mock up a prototype with some metal electrical conduit and a pipe bender ... just to see how it works. I'll add that to my list!

Allen:
Thanks for the link to James Baldwin's article. Good one! ... but not enough room on the San Juan to go that way .

Oh mygosh ... I've just been promoted to RCA !!