733 bracket

[wildman]

Hope everyone is having a good summer, I am a long time listener and first time caller so here it goes: I have bought a 733, 2002 at auction and have just repowered with twin YMA 150's. I already own a 753 zodiac that was specifically designed for modern four stroke outboards and I absolutely love the boat. I bought this one bc based on the one online auction photo it appeared to be similar setup with direct transom mounted outboards (this one one had old mercs) The problem I am having is there appears to be too much weight aft, the boat squats horribly when you are pulling on anything (I use the boat as a TowBoat.) I am curious if anyone has used a different type of bracket other than the one direct from zodiac with any success. Probably stick with aluminum to save weight and I have a great local welder. Any thoughts or experiences is appreciated!

[wildman]

Originally Posted by wildman

hope everyone is having a good summer, i am a long time listener and first time caller so here it goes: I have bought a 733, 2002 at auction and have just repowered with twin yma 150's. I already own a 753 zodiac that was specifically designed for modern four stroke outboards and i absolutely love the boat. I bought this one bc based on the one online auction photo it appeared to be similar setup with direct transom mounted outboards (this one one had old mercs) the problem i am having is there appears to be too much weight aft, the boat squats horribly when you are pulling on anything (i use the boat as a towboat.) i am curious if anyone has used a different type of bracket other than the one direct from zodiac with any success. Probably stick with aluminum to save weight and i have a great local welder. Any thoughts or experiences is appreciated!

[wildman]

My bad, posted the same pic twice but you get the idea... This is what it looked like when it blew a tire on the way from from San Diego to NC!

[Bigtalljv]

For the old 733’s zodiac made an aluminum bracket that added some flotation. More recently look on here for Ryan Pratt’s old posts about adding fiberglass brackets to Willard 730. I rebuilt an old RIB-P, the original zodiac 7m, and added a zodiac bracket with a single 250 4 stroke.

Jason

[wildman]

Thanks for the response.

[office888]

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