Fortunately, as soon as I got on the highway I experienced some slight
fishtailing that I hadn't previously encountered and realized what the
problem was. But had I not noticed it when I did and immediately stopped
to correct it, I could easily have let myself in for a nasty accident or,
had I survived the trip but released the ball mount in the parking lot, a
badly crunched stern.
Tim Spofford
Kirkland, Washington
P-19 #611 "Heron"
At 07:02 AM 08/07/1999 -0700, Eric Johnson wrote:
> > You may be able to strengthen your transom to allow leaving a 4 or 5 hp
> > mounted so you wouldn't have to take it on and off, but there are
> > conflicting opinions about the wisdom of trailering with the
> > motor mounted.
>
>I'll do some experiments today on that. I'm heading out in a few minutes
>from Seattle to Flathead Lake - 500 miles, 3 mountain passes. I'm leaving
>the motor attached, but I've wrapped a dockline around the back of the
>motor, and tightened it up with a trucker's hitch. The line should take the
>bulk of the fore-and-aft movement of the motor, so the motor mount only
>needs to support the weight vertically. I've done short trips like this and
>it works well. In fact, I've done the whole trip with just the motor on the
>mount with no reinforcements! But it does bounce around a lot when I've done
>that.