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Old 09-11-2019, 05:00 AM   #6
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I experimented with a bracket I clamped to the swim platform and a 20HP O/B. In anything but extremely calm water it would cavitate badly. The long shaft created a lever movement that twisted the hell out of the teak platform even though I thought I had accounted for it in the cobbled together bracket I had made. I tried to offset the torque with lines to the aft cleats but that didn't help at all.
In 11 years of running my olde MSI the only time the engine let me down was fuel related, if you have all the original copper and valves I suggest you consider ripping it all out and installing new lines and valves and upgrading your filter systems. As had been said, proper maintenance and clean fuel is time and money well spent.
A tender with a decent sized motor will tow her pretty good, we did that with a RIB and a 15HP once, not fast and not pretty but got the job done.
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