Recommendation on bracket for single on a 23

[chriselk]

In regards to my build post (Was my sea craft an I/O?), I am looking at single brackets for a 250/300 hp 4 stroke.

Of course floatation is an important consideration.

I just left the Miami boat show and looked at both Armstrong and Stainless Brackets. Both appear to be well made, but I have not heard much good or bad about either one.

Hermco gets a lot of press about their brackets and there are a couple of others on the web, with little or no feedback I can find. Hermco are fiberglass brackets.

Can folks who have redone 23 Center consoles please let me know their experience and recommendations.

Thanks

Chris

[flyingfrizzle]

Hermco, all the way! Get a double engine bracket for extra floatation then have him drill it for a single 30" leg motor. If any thing I would stay with fiberglass. Armstrong makes a floatation bracket but you will not get as much flotation and you have already seen what aluminum will do seeing the one that came off your boat. Dusky makes a fiberglass floatation bracket that they advertise on their web site that is nice looking but not as nice as the Hermco. I would think most would say hermans just because they were designed by Bill Potter just for the 23' seacraft hull. There is a guy not far from you making a nice looking one too but he would be crazy to start building them for the public...lol

[Old'sCool]

I removed an Armstrong aluminum and replaced with Hermco's XL and would definately do it again.