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- Location
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- Boat Make
- Yamaha
- Year
- 2020
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- AR
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Well I have been working back and forth on different mount locations all day, and to be honest I am not pleased with any of them. I have the MinnKota Terrova 80# 24v 60" shaft. I also have the MinnKota quick release mount with the puck.
I was going to do what @Evil Sports did here, but my front nav light is much further back and I would have to extend the starboard out even further, like a mini gang plank, the edge of my puck needs to be around 2" from the edge of the boat at the shortest point. My concern is that my nav lights may be harder to see, although the Starboard base will be higher as can be seen in the post below.
IF you go up in the same thread there is an idea to put it on the bow gunwale, which would work, but I don't see a way to get behind it. I am assuming there is no hole behind the backrest cushions and the speaker is to far back from me to get my arm up there. The concern in this location is the strength of the fiberglass. I would need to put some backing plates or something there I think, not just large SS Fender washers and and nylon bolts.
Since I would assume there isn't access behind the cushion, I would have to cut an access hole after removing the cushion, which I may not be super fond of doing. Additionally I cant figure out how to remove the cushion. I thought you just pop it up, but that doesn't seem to work and I don't want to break something.
Anyhow I am a bit remiss over it tonight and trying to cipher it out. Any suggestions or thoughts would be great. I need to mount it by Sunday or I will only have a couple of days to return the Trolling Motor and the two LiFePo4 batteries to Bass Pro Shops so I don't eat the cost.
Also any advice on how to remove that bow back cushion or how to get a mounting plate up there would be appreciated.
Trying to figure it all out and come to terms with it before I started drilling.
I was going to do what @Evil Sports did here, but my front nav light is much further back and I would have to extend the starboard out even further, like a mini gang plank, the edge of my puck needs to be around 2" from the edge of the boat at the shortest point. My concern is that my nav lights may be harder to see, although the Starboard base will be higher as can be seen in the post below.
IF you go up in the same thread there is an idea to put it on the bow gunwale, which would work, but I don't see a way to get behind it. I am assuming there is no hole behind the backrest cushions and the speaker is to far back from me to get my arm up there. The concern in this location is the strength of the fiberglass. I would need to put some backing plates or something there I think, not just large SS Fender washers and and nylon bolts.
Since I would assume there isn't access behind the cushion, I would have to cut an access hole after removing the cushion, which I may not be super fond of doing. Additionally I cant figure out how to remove the cushion. I thought you just pop it up, but that doesn't seem to work and I don't want to break something.
Anyhow I am a bit remiss over it tonight and trying to cipher it out. Any suggestions or thoughts would be great. I need to mount it by Sunday or I will only have a couple of days to return the Trolling Motor and the two LiFePo4 batteries to Bass Pro Shops so I don't eat the cost.
Also any advice on how to remove that bow back cushion or how to get a mounting plate up there would be appreciated.
Trying to figure it all out and come to terms with it before I started drilling.