A&J Marine Welding

Yes Absolutely

Bracket $4500. Twin 200 with fly by wire gauges and controls with new hydraulic steering $38,000 installed. Supplies and materials to enclose and reinforce transom $1500 and I did all the work. Sold old motors and outdrives and all the parts for around $11,000

Regal does offer cabin cruisers with outboards, at least 3 years now.

Absolutely.

Outboards are more dependable, fuel efficient, and now I have all the storage space where the inboard were. Also, gas inboards are dangerous inside the boat.

@@abouttimeboating9670 thanks for the answer. How much more efficient are they. I guy on KZbin commented that he runs now 7hours on the fuel he need in one hour with twin inboard-V8s....how come, Sir?

@@abouttimeboating9670 I would not need any more storage-space but to fit more people in the boat would rock enough

A&J marine Welding Bracket

Not sure I would look at doing this if you are planning on selling, I estimated on having this boat for 10 years after and wanted the dependability of the outboards plus the fuel economy is more than double. Electronic controls and gauges just make it so much better.. I also installed twin 200's but a single 300 would do the job just fine. I still think it adds value to the boat. All the manufacturers are installing outboards now. Either way I am glad that I done this.

@@abouttimeboating9670 Well, I’m not planning on selling it now, but just curious IF/WHEN I would like to sell it… I’m thinking to install one 300-400 or two 150-200. I’m in the open ocean a lot, so better to have two just in case :)) And maneuverability is much better with two.

Bracket $4500. Twin 200 with fly by wire gauges and controls with new hydraulic steering $38,000 installed. Supplies and materials to enclose and reinforce transom $1500 and I did all the work. Sold old motors and outdrives and all the parts for around $11,000

I don't have a fiberglass background. just self taught and watch videos of it. i have done a couple of different project years ago. Keep the amount you mix to a minimum and use plenty of resin to soak the fabric. they sell small pumps to mix the resin and catalyst. definitely get them. Good Luck.

Yes, it is the best decision that I made also. I would like to see a picture of your boat.

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the wood from the inside takes care of that.

I only worked on this on the weekends. it took about 3 weekends to fill the holes and prep for the bracket. installed the bracket in one day. I had the outboard seller install the motors, wiring and steering which took them about a week. it rides great. it handles a little bit different due converting from inboards and if floats much better.

A&J Marine Welding is the bracket manufacturer in Miami also known as custommarinewelding.com

Thanks and yes here in Florida St. Cloud. I am so glad I did this. Good luck on your Maxum and I would love to see pictures.

Bracket $4500. Twin 200 with fly by wire gauges and controls with new hydraulic steering $38,000 installed. Supplies and materials to enclose and reinforce transom $1500 and I did all the work. Sold old motors and outdrives and all the parts for around $11,000

A&J Marine Welding is the bracket manufacturer in Miami also known as custommarinewelding.com

@@abouttimeboating9670 Thank you

You can still pivot it just requires a little more throttle. Losing the swim platform was not a great deal for us we never really used it other than just boarding the boat and there is enough platform for that. the advantages of outboards outweighs that. The extra storage space where the old engines were is great.

The hull-shapes aren't correct to convert I/O to Jet Drives... Makes more sense to stick with motor rebuilds

The transom on the 2760 is different than mine but sure it can be done. Yes you can do it yourself. Once I removed the engines and outdrives it took me a couple of weekends to close in the the holes. I ordered the bracket from A&J Marine welding in Hialeah, FL. They will send you a paper to fill out with all your boat dimensions to fill out for making the bracket. Once you get the bracket they will have instructions for mounting. If you are from down in that area they may be able to suggest what you need. Wherever you buy motors they have to do the install for warranty.

Is the forward force transfered thru the outdrive to the motor and to the motor mounts that bolt to stringers or is the forward force transfered from the outdrive to the transom itself?

200

Looks like it too me, but I could be wrong

Thanks for the comments. It is definitely a better performance. I would like to see a picture of your boat.

Contact me through messenger and I'll send the before - during and after pics

@@grantleyte2784 How tippy was it? I converted our boat with twin 350's and bravo threes and went with outboards, no change in how it rolls. I know i shaved about 1000 lbs off the total weight too. Im sure going from a single inboard to a single outboard saved you 500lbs at a minimum.

@@jamesgren5610 our boat is a 25 footer with a 2.5 meter beam

I laminated with mat and resin marine plywood on the inside across the transom. Then from the outside I screwed marine plywood laminated with resin and mat to fiil. Used 2 3/4 marine plywood.

I thought about the same thing so I did a quick cost estimate and it wasn't really cost effective, at least for freshwater. A rebuilt small block would only cost at worst, about $6k, and that's at the extreme end, but there are used engines all over for as low as a grand or two. Then if you need a stern drive, that's $1000 used, or you can get a brand new SEI for $2000 or less. All of this is just plug and play that any Bubba could do in his yard versus all the modification necessary for doing the outdrive. Heck, you can get a running 1980's Sea Ray, good condition, for around $6000 nowadays, full canvas and trailer included. If I were buying brand new, I'd definitely go outboard, but the conversion route just isn't cost effective right now.

@@cheapme1850 so you’re saying I shouldn’t buy an old inboard and convert it to an outboard I thought about buying my neighbors old Chris craft 25ft for 3k do you think it could be cost effective then??

@@kalebeldridge7032 It’s just not cost effective, even if you do most of the work and get good deals on everything you need, and in the long run, an old boat is still an old boat. I just saw a mid 1980’s Sea Ray Sundancer in good shape for $6000.

​@kalebeldridge7032 he's got $30K at least in boat motors alone on this thing. Nice but steep.