05-29-2011, 12:05 PM
[quote smallmouth89]Good fishin',Pat!
I've been meaning to ask. With your motorized Fat Cat, do you have the head turned so that the motor is pulling you like the pontoon boaters on here have their boats set up?
God Bless,
Don[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]Yessir. Only way to fly...errrr, float.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is even more necessary to reverse the head for float tubing than for a pontoon. The motor is less efficient while dragging a tuber...with legs dangling in the water...than it is to pull a small boat or pontoon across the TOP of the water. No way you can move forward efficiently, with the motor on the back. There are a very few times when I need to put the motor in "reverse"...to move forward a few feet...and it is very inefficient.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When I set up my motor before sitting down and launching I usually lock it down facing straight back and fully lowered into the water...with no angle on the shaft. I have an on/off switch for quick shutoff...or short or long runs. Then I have an extension handle that I use only for changing the speeds. I usually just keep it on high speed since I do not troll and generally only use the motor for short runs...or for going back in on a long run.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]With this setup I either lean over and put my elbow on the switch...for short moves...or pull the arm over on the switch to lock it on. I steer with my fins and it requires very little effort to make a straight run...or even to make a fairly tight turn...without having to use the control arm of the motor.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That could never happen with the motor mounted on the back without having the head rotated.[/#0000ff]
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I've been meaning to ask. With your motorized Fat Cat, do you have the head turned so that the motor is pulling you like the pontoon boaters on here have their boats set up?
God Bless,
Don[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]Yessir. Only way to fly...errrr, float.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]It is even more necessary to reverse the head for float tubing than for a pontoon. The motor is less efficient while dragging a tuber...with legs dangling in the water...than it is to pull a small boat or pontoon across the TOP of the water. No way you can move forward efficiently, with the motor on the back. There are a very few times when I need to put the motor in "reverse"...to move forward a few feet...and it is very inefficient.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]When I set up my motor before sitting down and launching I usually lock it down facing straight back and fully lowered into the water...with no angle on the shaft. I have an on/off switch for quick shutoff...or short or long runs. Then I have an extension handle that I use only for changing the speeds. I usually just keep it on high speed since I do not troll and generally only use the motor for short runs...or for going back in on a long run.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]With this setup I either lean over and put my elbow on the switch...for short moves...or pull the arm over on the switch to lock it on. I steer with my fins and it requires very little effort to make a straight run...or even to make a fairly tight turn...without having to use the control arm of the motor.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]That could never happen with the motor mounted on the back without having the head rotated.[/#0000ff]
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