MTboatguy
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Well I picked this little 14' Mirrocraft Sportsman up last summer, to take the motor off and put on my 14' fishing boat, got that all converted over to a tiller steer. Now I am sitting here looking at the Mirrocraft again and wondering if I should put it back in the water. I have corresponded with Mirrocraft and they have identified it as a Sportsman model that was rated at 45 hp, great I have 2 Evinrude 40hp big twins, so I want to put one of those on it. Problem is, the boat is a long shaft boat that somebody took a sawzall to and cut the transom down for a short shaft motor, again, not much of a problem, I have short shaft motors. Now my question is, how to approach redoing the transom with its cut down size, to ensure it will still handle the 40hp motor, I am thinking cutting those few inches of the transom wood and aluminum may have weekend the transom wood, so I am going to laminate new marine plywood and build a new one, then configure a cap to go over it.
Any suggestions? on how to make sure it is strong enough for the older heavier 40hp motor?
Thanks for any ideas you might have.
Any suggestions? on how to make sure it is strong enough for the older heavier 40hp motor?
Thanks for any ideas you might have.