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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
How I added decks, storage, and floor to Alumacraft 1442NCS
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<blockquote data-quote="-CN-" data-source="post: 427247" data-attributes="member: 18939"><p>Later, I picked up this 8hp Mercury from a coworker for $500. </p><p></p><p><img src="https://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu150/clintonnaef/20160325_130853_zpsw4termgu.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>Now I'm going to be working on moving my trolling motor to the front. I mounted the gas motor offset from the center for now so that the troller fits back there with it. Works good with this low-hp motor. Boat still planes out! Also makes it easier to steer the tiller due to the motor's position further from my seat. I have a rear size 24 battery, and a front size 27 battery, and I run the trolling motor off of the front battery with cables that I ran under the floor ribs, and my lights and anything else runs off of the rear battery. I installed two terminals onto the battery box in the back that I connect those cables to and my trolling motor cables. If that front battery ever goes dead, I can very quickly just unscrew the trolling motor from those terminals and connect them to the rear battery as a back-up. I still mostly fish no-wake or electric-only lakes. So often times I have the Mercury removed from the boat. Still have oars and a paddle too so I'm not afraid to go all day on electric power.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="-CN-, post: 427247, member: 18939"] Later, I picked up this 8hp Mercury from a coworker for $500. [img]https://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu150/clintonnaef/20160325_130853_zpsw4termgu.jpg[/img] Now I'm going to be working on moving my trolling motor to the front. I mounted the gas motor offset from the center for now so that the troller fits back there with it. Works good with this low-hp motor. Boat still planes out! Also makes it easier to steer the tiller due to the motor's position further from my seat. I have a rear size 24 battery, and a front size 27 battery, and I run the trolling motor off of the front battery with cables that I ran under the floor ribs, and my lights and anything else runs off of the rear battery. I installed two terminals onto the battery box in the back that I connect those cables to and my trolling motor cables. If that front battery ever goes dead, I can very quickly just unscrew the trolling motor from those terminals and connect them to the rear battery as a back-up. I still mostly fish no-wake or electric-only lakes. So often times I have the Mercury removed from the boat. Still have oars and a paddle too so I'm not afraid to go all day on electric power. [/QUOTE]
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