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Cajones13

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    Speewah
  • State
    Queensland
  • Country
    Australia
  • Post Code
    4881

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    Freshwater and Impoundment Fishing
    Estuary and Coastal Fishing
    Offshore and Reef Fishing

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  1. All sorted! Thanks everyone for the tips. Outboard down (with its brand new Permatrim Foil) sorted out the zig zagging when steering manually and the GPS performed flawlessly in Spot Anchor, Autopilot, recording and replaying tracks. Only downside to the Haswing thus far is the limited functions available on the remote, requiring use of the Helmsman App on the phone, however the app has much better functionality than Minn Kota's version.
  2. CoVid's kept us off the water for the last week or so, but hopefully good to go shortly and try a few of your suggestions. Don't think it is an issue with the compass or gps as it hasn't been the motor turning of its own accord unexpectedly, more a case of the boat having trouble following the motor's lead consistently. Will try using the autopilot and navigation functions on the Helmsman app via bluetooth; Engine up, engine down, stern heavy and also play with the prop depth. Should hopefully get it sorted.
  3. Tks fellas, planning on taking her out again next week to try out a few things to see if we can get it sorted. Have been lifting the outboard to reduce drag so will try using it as a skeg. Havent really tried the autopilot yet but spotlock works brilliantly so suspect compass and gps are OK. Heavy bow is interesting too. Will post our solution (if we find one).
  4. Tks Angry51. We were thinking it was the dead centre mount somehow causing the issue splitting the water stream, so shifted it to a couple of inches offset, but no improvement. I can't remember if we tried with the outboard down or not, but on a still day it appeared any stern swinging was the result of following the bow, rather than the cause.
  5. G'day, a mate has fitted a 55lb Haswing Cayman trolling motor to his Quintrex 400 widebody with a bow mount. Fitted with the shaft dead centre of the bow, but boat refuses to track straight. The motor is not veering or doing anything untoward, but boat veers to one side or the other, then it takes a large adjustment before there is any effect, but this then becomes an overcorrection. The result of this is constant zig zagging and an inability to both fish and steer at the same time, it's one or the other as while you flick out a cast, the boat will start heading for the bank. Everything else on the boat is spot on, but this has us tearing our hair out. It appears to me that the quite sharp centre keel at the bow is being acted on by the thrust from the prop - Point the motor left to go left and the prop thrust pushes the bow to the right, and vice versa. Has anybody encountered this before? Prop depth looks fine, but thinking may need to drop it way down so the prop wash passes below the keel? Any ideas or experience out there with bow mount trolling motors on widebody punts?
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