On Feb 25, 7:43*pm, "
wrote:
Well, I must be missing something. *What's the advantage of mounting
these on your rudder, vs. a simpler, cheaper, and more reliable
transom mounted trolling motor? *Certainly it's not better shallow
water capability. *You can't be what you can get with just the transom
mounted motor as designed.

Ed.

A transom mounted trolling engine with 80# of thrust is the same price
if not more than an engine mounted one. I probably could get by with a
lot less thrust but I want to make sure the setup is efficient and
capable of being tranfered to a bigger boat if I build one. The look
is also important. Also, my transom is raked at 35 degrees. If I use a
transom mounted motor the shaft will be well away from the bottom
which I personally think looks unappealing. This engine will be the
main power source. Why not make it look as good as possible?? Also I
can build a RUDDER which pivots up if I hit something. I'm assuming
the shafts on trolling motors don't take hiting bottom or beaching
into account. Maybe I'm assuming wrong. There are tides involved where
I'm using this and the water can get real shallow. Price wise it's a
wash compared to the transom mounted one so why not go with one that
doesn't detract from the looks with all the advantages I have stated.