Posted by Vances Revenge on 12/29/17 - 8:24 PM
#10
Joe Kriz wrote:
The motor can be mounted on either side as the Wood Locating diagram shows both sides has the same wood mounting area.
20 inch shaft is recommended and directly on the transom. NO Knuckle breaking brackets for 16/17 models or any other models.
(I hate brackets unless no other possible choice)
Totally agree with Joe on the knuckle busting brackets! But, I did purposely purchased a 25" shaft kicker motor for my 22 Revenge which calls for a 20" shaft. The reason I have done this on my last couple boats is so the power head on the kicker is 5 to 7" higher than the transom so waves don't splash up to or over the Kicker in rough water. On the transom of my Revenge I'm mounting a 1/2" thick X 12" Wide X 19" long aluminum plate 7" higher than the transom. The 9.9 Yamaha kicker will be clamped and bolted to that plate on top and through the plate and into the transome at the bottom of the clamping bracket. The reason it is 7" higher than the transom instead of 5 is because the "V" of the hull requires this for the proper motor height at the kickers cavitation plate. Once this plate is etched, primed and painted with Awlgrip to match the transom/boat it will look fine.
I don't know the transom of your boat but you do not need a 12" wide plate. It only has to be the width of the Kickers clamping bracket. You might look and see if something similar will work on your boat.
Vance
Edited by Vances Revenge on 12/29/17 - 8:38 PM