That is my question. The water line on my transom is above the lower portion of the motor bracket and the zinc. I know enough not to paint the zinc, but what about the bracket itself?:confused:

The engine itself tilts high enough to clear the water.

paint it. It will keep barncles and other nasties from growing on the bracket

I hit mine with a can of Micron lower unit spray paint. Stuff is not cheap, but you want to do it. I also used it on may stern mount transducer and bracket -- not sure if this is a good idea, but it was already a $140 trip to the marine store, and I didn't want to drop another $10 or so on the little bottle of "transducer paint" thats probably the same stuff :confused: