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Have a old boat very similar to that. Console was mounted to side below gunnel with 2 smal bolts and washers. I took a piece of flat aluminum about 16 long and 2 wide by 1/8 thick. Drilled a couple of bigger holes mounted that plate on outside and used large body washers inside. Stiffened it right up. Not pretty but functional.
I had a deep v once that I could not find a good mounting place for my helix 5 so I put a ram mount about where it looks like you would mount yours and swung it in a little - worked perfect and with a twist or two I could remove after fishing for security.
Would you happen to have a picture of this, Cray?Quote:
Originally Posted by cray
No I don't. My deep vee had a flat rail about 2 inches wide so I mounted the ram mount right beside the console on top of the rail. It was the ram mount with the two ball joints and about a 6 inch extension between them. I could even turn it completely around to the front if I was fishing from the front.
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Kind of like this
I'm sorry but no I don't.Quote:
Originally Posted by Crewmax42
First of all, install a cross-member from the top of the port gunwale to the top of the starboard gunwale just in front of the console. Similar to the cross-members (thwarts) on a canoe. Be sure it places some tension between the gunwales. This may be all that you have to do to get rid of most of the vibration.