I trailered my 35 Johnson for years with a 3/4″ board holding it up with a bungie cord hooked to the board. I’d turn it all the way to one side, put the board between the motor and transom clamp, I had a screw eye on the other side, and stretch it over the top and hooked it to a screw eye on the other…….very simple… I then held it all down from bouncing with another bungie to the boat.. I never had it flopping around , and it didn’t hurt a thing. If you have an old boat, make sure the transom isn’t rotten, especially if it’s a fiberglass. You can’t see the rot because it’s sandwiched between the glass. I found mine was gone and barely got by without a disaster.
