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Engine Bracket Vibration

21st April 2003

arni

21st April 2003 at 1:37 PM

I have a Mk1 Sonata with the sliding bracket on the transome. My otherwise good o/b performance is marred by periodic vibration seemingly in the bracket. I cannot seem to find an RPM that eliminates this, but some speeds are better than others. Can anybody suggest a solution?

150

25th April 2003 at 9:18 AM

:lol:

Use the sails and switch the engine off.

151

25th April 2003 at 3:23 PM

THE ONLY ADVICE WE CAN OFFER IS TO PURCHASE AN ELECTRIC ENGINE WHICH WILL BE SILENT AND WILL STOP THE VIBRATION,

BUT PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOU MAY NEED A VERY LONG EXTENSION LEAD TO PLUG IN THE MAINS AT YOU YACHT CLUB ETC,

AlexanderL

26th August 2003 at 2:11 PM

We inherited a ‘customised’ engine bracket with our Sonata, which had various rubber dampers added to try to cut down engine noise – during a week of coastal sailing, it started to fall apart, first causing the engine to leap out of the water whenever it was put in reverse (which makes moving about in a marina rather interesting :o ) and by the time we got home again was in such a state that I have ‘de-customised’ it back to something approaching its original format – ok the engine is quite noisy, but not much more than before – you just have to sail or go into idle if you want to hear the VHF, crew, spouse or anything else! B)

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