[Rhodes22-list] There’s probably a better way...

[Larry Gioia]

Thanks for the suggestion! 
   
Yeah wind had basically died
  
I’m trying to picture it, I’ll try it! Not sure my trolling motor is long enough 
  
Larry

> On Aug 18, 2021, at 6:57 AM, ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:
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> Larry,
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> 2 questions:
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> Was there no wind so you could just sail the remaining 1.5 miles?
> Why didn’t you just clamp the trolling motor onto the rudder head, lower it all the way down, turn it 90 deg, & use the rudder to point the thrust?  You might have to kick-up the rudder blade to get it to clear the trolling motor’s prop.
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> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
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> Sent from Mail for Windows
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> From: Larry Gioia via Rhodes22-list
> Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2021 8:27 PM
> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] There’s probably a better way...
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> ... but this is what came to mind. 
> My Mercury outboard unexpectedly stopped a month ago while returning but still 1.5 miles away from the dock with a boatload of people. It was fine before and since. 
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> I keep a 55# thrust trolling motor on board just in case but between people and motorboat waves there was no way I’d be able to safely swap the 2 motors. I eventually got the motor restarted but it got me to thinking. So I made this bracket for the trolling motor. It will stay attached. Fire away with better ideas. 
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