One issue with motor in transom cutout is that you have to have reverse gear on the motor, or you can only go forward. There's not room to swivel the motor 180 degrees, unless maybe for some old small powerhead 2-strokes? So for modern motors you will have at least a 60-lb motor (4hp and up to get reverse gear, see recent thread...). cheers, John On 10/26/20 8:38 AM, Dave Scobie wrote:
Harry:
If you want a mount this is the one you want. It is quality, it works and it reliable.
I investigated many mounts before selecting the OB125 for the Sages. It is hands down the only one that reliably worked. Other mounts were flimsy and most were difficult to operate (meaning it was hard to impossible to get motor up/down - especially as they age). Some of the worse are made by Garelick.
IMO the 1st gen M17s should use the motor in the cutout. Steer using the rudder. I helmed my M17 using only the rudder because the motor couldn't be turned (failure in the friction fitting) and didn't have problems (may because I sailed so long on a inboard powered sailboat growing up my default is to helm the boat with the rudder not the motor).
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On Sun, Oct 25, 2020, 9:32 PM Henry Rodriguez <heinzir@gmail.com> wrote:
I called Garhauer and ordered the OB-125 mount. Got it yesterday. I can see why it costs so much compared to other brackets from marine suppliers. It is very well made and very nicely finished. Definitely a quality product.
But, man, was I surprised when I took it out of the box. It is so much bigger and heavier than I expected it to be. (I'm not in a marina and don't get to see other boats up close very often.) It weighs 18.5 lb on my bathroom scale! That's 1/3 the weight of any motor I would ever put on that boat. My current 5hp Mariner 2-stroke only weighs 47 lb.
It just seems like way overkill for such a small motor on a small boat. I'm tempted to return it and get a smaller, lighter mount. And yet I understand that this is the same bracket that was shipped on new Sages and Montgomerys. Help me wrap my head around this, please.
Henry Monita
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