Nice looking rig, all the right toys for max fun.
Edit: Wait just one darn minute here, I just noticed where your motor is placed, nothing short of brilliant.
We all know on the TI's the motors have to be mounted on the sides of the boat ( the boat has no stern), thats a given. Normal placement of motors is in the far back of the boat right??. (Normal logic) The problem that comes up is all the weight is in the back with that thinking. Yea it's a given the motors have to be on the side, but nothing dictates where on the side that motor has to be. Where you have yours mounted is the strongest point on the boat, close to the center of balance of the boat. Better yet the props are very close to the turning rotation pivot point (center board). Just by moving the motors further forward on the hull solves a ton of issues with having the motors mounted in the way back. I always ride in the front seat, if I have to tilt the motors up or down or start them, I have to climb back there (pita). I had to add tiller extensions to control my throttles. My current dead man switches are a one time deal, basically if I tug on the kill line to kill the motor I have to climb back there to put the clip back on (another pita). That 3.5 motor you have is way more motor than my Honda 2.3, the main reason I added my second motor was the single motor couldn't provide enough propulsion (also for offshore safety reduncency). Yea cool spinnaker too, but we all have those, that's yesterdays news, (lol) I'm keenly interested in your motor mount and would love to see pics and details. If your boat is setup like mine with safety lines those AKA arms that lock the AMA's out with the nylon sheer bolt, are not all that neccessary anymore. Never thought much about it before, but if my motor was down, and I had to release that arm in order to tilt the motor up, the safety lines prevent the AKA from folding, so if I pull the arm off to raise the motor, I can put the arm back on once the motor is tilted up, I could either put it back on, or leave it off, the safety lines prevent the AMA's from folding in either way. Not sure if I want my motors right up by my ears though, with them in the way back I can't hear them (I only ever run the motors at just above idle (very quiet with the underwater exhaust). But if it improves my situation, I'll get used to the noise. I like it. FE
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