Trolling Motor - Bowrider Adaptor

[timalabim]

I had a MotorGuide Trolling Motor with a slide in bracket (like the one in the attached picture) on the bow of my 1996 Four Winns Horizon. The footprint on the MotorGuide brought the front out far enough to clear the bow angle nicely. My new Minn Kota PowerDrive V2 doesn't have this luxury. I want to add a metal plate to canterleaver the motor out over the bow. I'm thinking about using 3/8" 6061-T6 Aluminum Plate. Probably about 6"-8" of the base of the trolling motor would be resting directly on the plate, i.e. hanging in the air in front of the base. I added extra screws to the base (6 instead of 4) to help with the additional strain so I think that should be OK. Any thoughts if the 3/8 will be strong enough?

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Trolling Motor - Bowrider Adaptor

I don't understand the problem and why your V2 won't work with that same plate you used for the PD. Here is a picture of that plate on my pontoon. It is mounted very close to the front edge of the pontoon and there is plenty of room for the motor when deployed. The PD and V2 have identical footprints.

 

[timalabim]

Re: Trolling Motor - Bowrider Adaptor

I'll have to post a picture, but if you can imagine the front of the bow like this (not to scale)

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The old Motorguide gator mount kind of hung out and over, but the PD doesn't.

So the plate will bring it out like so...

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[timalabim]

Re: Trolling Motor - Bowrider Adaptor

The PD and V2 have identical footprints.

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I re-read your post. My old TM was not a PD it was a MotorGuide with a Gator mount. Different footprint

 

[Silvertip]

Re: Trolling Motor - Bowrider Adaptor

Yup -- I didn't have enough coffee this morning and went right past the Motor Guide.

 

[timalabim]

Re: Trolling Motor - Bowrider Adaptor

Ok, here are the pics with the problem and solution.

 

[Tazdvl]

Re: Trolling Motor - Bowrider Adaptor

Thanks!