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help on mounting something without drilling gunwale
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<blockquote data-quote="duckfish" data-source="post: 379271" data-attributes="member: 17136"><p>2 thoughts occurred to me since what I said last night.</p><p></p><p>One similar to what Dale is showing you except I was thinking of going all the way across the sheet of plywood, transverse to the keel-line of your boat with 2 or 3 pieces of uni-strut, kindorf, or u-channel. Cut the ends down so it fits under the gunwale and bolt thru just out from gunwale edge just like Dale shows. This would also stiffen up the plywood if you intend to operate the trolling motor with you sitting on top of the plywood. Downside to this option is the expense.</p><p></p><p>Other possibility would be truck cap clamps. I made rod holder mounts out of some old cap clamps I had laying around by drilling and tapping the top section of the clamp. If you used only the top section (1/2 I have the rod holder mounted to) you may be able to cut off the down leg so it just comes up against the plywood when thru bolted. Not sure how much I'd trust this long term though.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/rtcbob/IMG_0200_zpsbrn35q2u.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="duckfish, post: 379271, member: 17136"] 2 thoughts occurred to me since what I said last night. One similar to what Dale is showing you except I was thinking of going all the way across the sheet of plywood, transverse to the keel-line of your boat with 2 or 3 pieces of uni-strut, kindorf, or u-channel. Cut the ends down so it fits under the gunwale and bolt thru just out from gunwale edge just like Dale shows. This would also stiffen up the plywood if you intend to operate the trolling motor with you sitting on top of the plywood. Downside to this option is the expense. Other possibility would be truck cap clamps. I made rod holder mounts out of some old cap clamps I had laying around by drilling and tapping the top section of the clamp. If you used only the top section (1/2 I have the rod holder mounted to) you may be able to cut off the down leg so it just comes up against the plywood when thru bolted. Not sure how much I'd trust this long term though. [img]https://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y54/rtcbob/IMG_0200_zpsbrn35q2u.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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