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A friend recently purchased an old aluminum bass boat, and asked me over to look it over. Decent looking boat but what caught my eye was the 110 volt exterior AC outlet used to power the trolling motor. The troller itself is a much newer motorguide 12 volt 5 speed 54lb thrust model. I checked...
Recently put a Cook's CMC PT-130 power trim on my old rig. This set the engine back 6 inches. Its an Evinrude 55hp on a 16' true flat bottom aluminum boat. Cook's instructions say to mount the engine with the anti-vent plate 1-3 inches above the bottom. Originally it was at 3/4" below the...