Re: Motor safety chains.

[David Stanton]

Yes – transom brackets do break! On my son’s Minimost Hydroplane, when running a stock KE7 Mercury, I had my ski boat on half plane to make a big wake for him to jump. He would come up behind the boat and jump the wake about 10 feet from the boat, getting the hydro and sometimes the prop airborne. The motor would sometimes tilt up a bit and slam back down when the prop hit the water – that was fun until the transom clamps cracked off – but the steering cables held onto the motor with the powerhead just above water. Got the clamps heliarc welded and then added a bungie cord just above the cavitation plate to hold the motor down.
Dave