06-07-2007, 04:20 PM
The buckets are nice, but they take up space. A drift sock collapses to almost nothing. I used to hook mine to a ski harness and that allows it to remain dead-center in the back of the boat. I only use a 10' rope on it so its not too far back and doesn't interfere with the motor or anything else. I went to a trolling plate and will NEVER go back to the sock or buckets again. The trolling plate I have automatically kicks up when you throttle up so no worry about bending it. It locks in place (in the "up" position" and you only have to yank a small cable to get to to go "down". The plate actually works like a stablizer when in the up position (i.e. hydrofoil, whale tale, etc) and makes my boat run smoother in rough water, etc. I have never had any cavitation problems with it.
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