Re: 1967. 18 foot StarCraft Holiday
i have a kicker backet ..probably for a 2 stroke 6HP if i recall. I have used kicker brackets over the yrs. and never liked them.Skews the boat to one side, hard to reach to start and difficult to steer. The wood core of the transom is made in two pieces, the bottom section where the motor rests on and the upper port and starboard pieces. The two pieces were screwed and glued together when i removed the transom to rebuild it. I was thinking that removing a small portion of the side pieces...configuring the transom to look like the transom of a Lund boat wouldn`t effect the strenght of the transom too much, seeing that the wooden part of the transom isn`t one single piece anyway. When i rebuilt my transom i added a 1/8 aluminum skin to the splash well side to add more strenght.But l`m still worried about lossing some transom strenght like you said.Hopefully s-1 has tackled this project before and i can share their experiences.. THANK YOU for your advice...kinda think you may be correct.
