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<blockquote data-quote="thill" data-source="post: 517798" data-attributes="member: 4972"><p>I'm going to be the dissident here. I don't see any difference whatsoever in performance between front and center or to the far right or left. I'm not sure where the "it must be centered" thing comes from. Very few boats can have that setup anyway.</p><p></p><p>The performance difference comes in as you move further and further back from the front. To the extreme, if you center the TM between the bow and stern, it's almost impossible to turn, and it simply tries to pull the boat sideways. I actually did this on a canoe, and it moved just fine, so I locked the motor straight forward and used an oar to turn like a rudder. It was tricky but worked, and it kept the balance that I needed in that situation. That being said, they make a clamp-on mount for TM's that you can make at home that works a lot better.</p><p></p><p>Play around with it and you will figure out what works for you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thill, post: 517798, member: 4972"] I'm going to be the dissident here. I don't see any difference whatsoever in performance between front and center or to the far right or left. I'm not sure where the "it must be centered" thing comes from. Very few boats can have that setup anyway. The performance difference comes in as you move further and further back from the front. To the extreme, if you center the TM between the bow and stern, it's almost impossible to turn, and it simply tries to pull the boat sideways. I actually did this on a canoe, and it moved just fine, so I locked the motor straight forward and used an oar to turn like a rudder. It was tricky but worked, and it kept the balance that I needed in that situation. That being said, they make a clamp-on mount for TM's that you can make at home that works a lot better. Play around with it and you will figure out what works for you. [/QUOTE]
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