Hourston weight

[casper5280]

Thanks, Casper, for getting this posted.

No Thank you for the info. been looking for that stuff for a long time.

 

[Brando]

That 20’ bracket… yikes!! Thanks for sharing that info.

 

[Fritz]

That 20’ bracket… yikes!! Thanks for sharing that info.

From what I have heard from the older generation of boaters those steel brackets were super light and very strong. They were made by Gil which later became Armstrong. The reason I believe they dropped them was when the super heavy four strokers came in and the obvious corrosion issues. If you zoom on the photo of that 20’ Hourston (not the attached picture of the boston whaler) it’s a Mercury 150hp 2 stroke which was 403lbs according to the NADA guides. I believe the other reason they were used was to keep the LOA down (Something I don’t like about my pod).

And Thank you again Eden Island for sharing and Casper for compressing the files