Whereabouts are you Mike
We are 40 Km East of Sparwood BC
The boat is a USED 2008 2359 5.0 M.P.I. F.W.C. 260 horse Mecruiser with a Bravo 3 duo prop leg, it had 118 hrs on the boat/ motor so its in nice shape .
To be honest I was originally a little worried about the room on the back deck , with the inboard as I had never been on a 2359 in person or owned an inboard.
But after seeing the boat it will be fine, a lot more room in the Vee berth than expected so overnights will be no problem. Visibility from the cabin is great, the windows slide open so no issues being in a green house, getting out of the Sun and Rain will be a treat after 30 years in an open boat. Its a huge change from what Im used to so a big learning curve is coming, after having a mooching style boat setup .
We drove across Canada to pick it up the lake in the back ground is lake Superior.
So I'm trying to plan what to do, I went with a Yamaha T9.9 high thrust 25 " leg, tiller to keep the weight down, the 11" prop. and 2.92 ratio VS. the 15 HP. gearing ,prop. size and weight was my reasoning for that rather than going to the 15 that others had mentioned .
The brackets pictures look good thanks, I can always cut the full platform down later if it becomes a pain.
It's tough to get any boat help in the ROCKY Mountains so thanks guy's keep it coming .
I plan on pulling the leg apart and starting out with new bellows,seals, etc. replacing some hoses and looking at the 10 year old stuff even though it s only got 118 hrs