Brunswick Corporation
Apparatuses for supporting marine drives with respect to marine vessels

Abstract:

An apparatus is for supporting a marine drive relative to a marine vessel. The apparatus has a transom bracket for fixed attachment to the marine vessel; a supporting cradle for supporting a powerhead of the marine drive, the supporting cradle being pivotable relative to the transom bracket such that the marine drive is trimmable up and down relative to the marine vessel; and a seal device disposed between the transom bracket and supporting cradle, the seal device blocking sound and water passage through a fore-aft gap between the transom bracket and supporting cradle. The marine drive is trimmable through a range of trim positions including a fully tucked position and a fully trimmed position and the seal device blocks the sound and water ingress throughout the range of trim positions.