Re: [Paddlewise] Trolling motor troll

From: Dave Seng <dseng_at_gci.net>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 18:04:07 -0800
Wes Boyd wrote:
> 
> While I agree that a trolling motor sort of offends the purpose, I have
> once or twice thought about the little electric trolling motor that I think
> it is Wilderness Systems has available for the back end of the Pungo. I
> have heard of an elderly couple that likes to get out on moderately placid
> streams with this rig, and head upstream until the battery runs out, then
> paddle back downstream.
> 
> One time, while thinking about this, I noted the empty rudder bracket on
> the back of my boat and got to thinking how it would be possible to mount a
> small trolling motor in this bracket, with some modifications, naturally,
> and then using rudder pedals and lines to steer the motor. I don't know how
> you'd handle the speed control, though.
> 

  Lest I offend anyone, my post was in the main quite tongue-in-cheek. 
Sorry if I got carried away in jest.

Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska
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