Hi folks
I want to install a remote steering unit for my 8.8 Mercury kicker, and would like to use this forum to get an opinion of these devices, is the cost to benefit ratio worth it etc? There are numerous ones on the market, the one that appears to be the most appealing to me right now is this one:
Pow'rTran : Products : PS205SS
It uses a small electric motor to activate an arm which is attached to the front of the kicker. A 14' cord is attached to the motor to a remote control unit with a left and right control switch. The concept looks simple, but is it really?
I have a 22' Larson cuddy cabin running a 5.0 L Merc I/O. The primary goal of this addition is so that I can sit at the helm and steer the boat while I am trolling for salmon in Puget Sound, as opposed to on the swimstep with the tiller between my legs or the extendo handle that reaches into the cockpit but you have to move the extended tiller handle 3 feet to get the kicker to affect any direction change
Thanks
Brian
I want to install a remote steering unit for my 8.8 Mercury kicker, and would like to use this forum to get an opinion of these devices, is the cost to benefit ratio worth it etc? There are numerous ones on the market, the one that appears to be the most appealing to me right now is this one:
Pow'rTran : Products : PS205SS
It uses a small electric motor to activate an arm which is attached to the front of the kicker. A 14' cord is attached to the motor to a remote control unit with a left and right control switch. The concept looks simple, but is it really?
I have a 22' Larson cuddy cabin running a 5.0 L Merc I/O. The primary goal of this addition is so that I can sit at the helm and steer the boat while I am trolling for salmon in Puget Sound, as opposed to on the swimstep with the tiller between my legs or the extendo handle that reaches into the cockpit but you have to move the extended tiller handle 3 feet to get the kicker to affect any direction change
Thanks
Brian