On Apr 30, 11:30*am, hk wrote:
On 4/30/10 12:21 PM, Tim wrote:





On Apr 30, 10:42 am, *wrote:
On 4/30/10 10:56 AM, Tim wrote:

On Apr 29, 12:15 pm, "Steve * *wrote:
I bought a MotorGuide Brute. *I want to mount it on my Lund aluminum boat,
so have to make a mounting plate. *I want to mount it exactly at the point
of the bow. *Should I have the base down the centerline or follow the
gunnel? *I had another boat with a similar mount, but just a little off
center to the right, parallel with the center line. *It pulled pretty
straight, I just had to turn the motor a tiny bit to compensate. *The
current one is mounted on the gunnel about three feet back from the prow, so
it pulls a lot to one side, and it is difficult to get the engine just right
so it tracks good. *It is also too short, therefore the new one. *How would
you do it?

Steve

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Sorry steve that I can't help on this matter, but I'm seriously
thinking on getting a motor to mount on *the pontoon. It would make a
good bow thruster. especialy for 'parallel parking' LOL!

Don't you have a spare diesel-electric in that shop? * :)

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Well? *Actually I do but it's a 10KW with a 4 cyl perkins diesel. I
think that would be a tad bit of overkill.....

But I think a trolling motor would fit the bill nicely.

If you gear and prop it properly, the diesel electric will make a hell
of a trolling motor, and the noise will scare all those pesky fish out
of your path. Think of the...torque.

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If I decide in the future to ditch the 2-cycle, and go with a spare
120 hp mercruiser/alpha1, I'll go semi-hybrid too!

And I DO have the stuff for that.