Re: bow mount trolling motor on a bowrider with rail?
Well you mounting plate should be able to be mounted on the nose, when put in a upright position the motor and shaft should be above the rail. Just mount the plate with the motor attached to check the fit and placement.
The pic here show's how the plate should face toward's the outside edge of the bow, from there one just's mount's the motor and drop's her in.
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Thanks for the reply Gary. I have already searched and found several threads that ask about it, but not a whole lot of solutions.
The rail modification would definitely work, however, I would like to get the motor up and above the rail instead of modifying it.
I was at a boat show recently and saw that a lot of the new Bayliners and Glastrons have a bracket for their trolling motors that mount on the front and slanting side of the boat. The salesmen at the boat show were of no help when I asked about the brackets availability and/or whether there were different styles.
If anyone has seen any of these brackets, sold anywhere I would appreciate it.
The other option is to have one made.
Ok as to that question i believe two thing's are going on here, one you have a older boat. There are a lot of mount's for your boat from the Trolling motor mfg, there flat and are to be mounted on the flat part of you bow as highlighted in black above. Two you are looking @ custom "bracket's" made by the boat mfg for the spefic type of boat they are selling, as of now they are not avaible as a after market product or so i have been told.
So either do the trolling mfg mount which is flat or custom make one that suit's your need's.