Jump to content

Fabrication Of Bow Mount Plate On Tinnie


Panther

Recommended Posts

13 minutes ago, hawaiian01 said:

the electric motors steering

 

I have a 65lb leccy on my 4.3. metre stessco so I can't say I notice anything negative steering-wise. I am sure there is some truth to what you heard but not an issue if you have adequate power. I have a mate who had a 40lb minn kota on a 5.2m and it struggled in anything but the smoothest water and wind. It was mounted to the side as well. Come to think of it I have not seen any mounted right in the centre?

I have to add that I have only used my watersnake twice - went out on the weekend and there was no motion at all - looks like a warranty claim coming up - 🙄

Link to comment
Share on other sites

  • 4 years later...
On 7/21/2018 at 7:20 PM, Panther said:

It's been ages since I started this topic but I thought I should update as the subject is regularly of interest to tinnie owners. 

So I originally contacted Jared who advertised through the link that @Doyley posted. I contacted him back in late 2016/ early 2017 and he was out of materials and I was to get back to him a few weeks later. A combination of procrastination at my end & timing meant this job fell by the wayside until I contacted Jared early this week and we organized the work to be done this morning. 

I was not disappointed. For $220 I got a seriously professional job. Can't fault a thing - he is a boat builder by trade, for one of, if not THE, most popular tinnie group of companies. Highly recommended. All that is left to do now is a paint job. 

20180721_120440.thumb.jpg.f47d82ef89ec2f9847a5510067dcaa10.jpg

Thanks to all for their recommendations and suggestions 18 months ago now!!

Now it's time to look into a bow mount motor!!!

Hi Panther,

Did you happen to get any photos of the install progress? I wanted to see if they had to grind the small lip down where the gunnel rail meets the top plate to get the bracket plate to sit flat.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Hey @Balkey81, I got the same bloke @Panther used to fit my plate, he did a good job & I know what you are asking in regards to grinding down the top of the coping to sit flush with the deck, he did remove a little bit of the coping at the top so the plate sits on top of the existing deck, I dont have any progress pics but heres a pic of the finished result

20191205_164643_IMG_3255.thumb.JPG.61f1a317b3fa8a79c498fbd3537138c4.JPG

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Join the conversation

You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.

Guest
Reply to this topic...

×   Pasted as rich text.   Paste as plain text instead

  Only 75 emoji are allowed.

×   Your link has been automatically embedded.   Display as a link instead

×   Your previous content has been restored.   Clear editor

×   You cannot paste images directly. Upload or insert images from URL.

×
×
  • Create New...