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I had it clamped to the transom on the other side before and that is what caused the transom fatigue. The lower the bracket is mounted, the more the stress would be placed on the stronger part of the transom.
The problem with these classic hulls is that the splash well is in the way for the bolts on the bottom if placed any lower.
My thought process is that at least the kicker bracket absorbs some of the stress with the set back as the motor bounces per se. Before with the motor mounted directly to the boat all it was doing is repeatedly hammering the top corner of the transom by flexing it.
Maybe these hulls just cant take a kicker mounted during turbulent water. I mean, ive been through 5-6′ waves with this boat, which means 10-12′ drop over the top of the wave into the trough between them.