Raising console in Outrage 25
Posted: Thu Jun 29, 2017 12:58 pm
I have a 1984 Outrage 25 that I bought in about 2010 with the standard Montauk size console. Maybe two years after I purchased it, I raised the console about 3" on starboard spacers.
This past winter, it was time to re-core the front floor section. The Outrage 25 has three removable floor sections - the console is over the front section. So, I unfortunately had to fully de-rig the console. While the console was out, I experimented with blocking it up to different heights, and ended up with planning to make new risers of 8.5".
I had Raymond Martin make the new risers to match the spacing and footprint on the old starboard risers. He welded them out of aluminum. They appreciably more costly as opposed to just using more starboard but they came out very nicely.
All of us really like the higher console. We just ran the boat for 2 weeks around Morehead City for about 110 gallons of gas, and every person preferred the higher height. My kids drive it either sitting on the leaning post or standing on the leaning post footrest, while my 5'5" wife and me at 5'8" just stand normally behind it.
You can see spacer construction photos and installed shots at this folder. There is also one picture of the underside of the floor after I had bolted the spacers down - I used large washers to spread the load and had the bolt head under the floor to minimize protrusions, since the console rigging goes through part of that area - I did have to notch a couple of areas in the boat fiberglass to clear the bolt heads - I sealed those notches off with fiberglass and epoxy resin.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hliij7dc005a ... x4Ala?dl=0
This past winter, it was time to re-core the front floor section. The Outrage 25 has three removable floor sections - the console is over the front section. So, I unfortunately had to fully de-rig the console. While the console was out, I experimented with blocking it up to different heights, and ended up with planning to make new risers of 8.5".
I had Raymond Martin make the new risers to match the spacing and footprint on the old starboard risers. He welded them out of aluminum. They appreciably more costly as opposed to just using more starboard but they came out very nicely.
All of us really like the higher console. We just ran the boat for 2 weeks around Morehead City for about 110 gallons of gas, and every person preferred the higher height. My kids drive it either sitting on the leaning post or standing on the leaning post footrest, while my 5'5" wife and me at 5'8" just stand normally behind it.
You can see spacer construction photos and installed shots at this folder. There is also one picture of the underside of the floor after I had bolted the spacers down - I used large washers to spread the load and had the bolt head under the floor to minimize protrusions, since the console rigging goes through part of that area - I did have to notch a couple of areas in the boat fiberglass to clear the bolt heads - I sealed those notches off with fiberglass and epoxy resin.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/hliij7dc005a ... x4Ala?dl=0