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I had this on my transom of my 16 Nauset ..what is it?
Nick168	#1  Posted on 07/20/16 - 4:53 PM
Member Posts: 18 Comments: 0 Joined: 04/20/16	Had this on the left side of the transom facing in on my 1972 Nauset http://i67.tinypic.com/acc3gx.jpgacc3gx.jpg (made link clickable) Edited by Joe Kriz on 07/20/16 - 5:00 PM
Joe Kriz	#2  Posted on 07/20/16 - 4:59 PM
Site Owner Personal Page Personal Album Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 11447 Comments: 452 Joined: 03/18/05	Looks like it was for the steering cable.
crbenny	#3  Posted on 07/20/16 - 6:19 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 94 Comments: 0 Joined: 09/20/05	Correct, Joe. Today's outboards anchor the steering cable by running through the tilt tube Chris
Reel Easy	#4  Posted on 07/22/16 - 8:53 AM
Member Posts: 196 Comments: 1 Joined: 06/17/14	My 1974 Outrage 21 had the same thing attached through hull to the starboard transom. I had only the triangular piece. Still have no clue what it was for.
dontate	#5  Posted on 07/24/16 - 6:33 PM
Member Posts: 15 Comments: 0 Joined: 07/16/16	I just removed mine from my 1974 Nauset. It held the steering cable in place. Newer motors have a different offset and you have to run the cable through the motor to have adequate cable travel in both directions. If not for that I would still be using it!