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Old 07-18-2011, 11:15 PM   #4
Marin
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RE: Adventure Marine rotating dinghy motor mount

The only negative to consider is that if you have to rotate, or finish rotating the motor into its vertical stowed position after the dinghy has been pivoted up on the swimstep you'll need to do this manually of course, which may require you to kneel down on the deck and reach out between the caprail and the handrail and sort of manhandle the motor upright. Depending on the configuration of your boat this could be a bit of a strain. The Adventure Marine mount is not very sophisticated, one reason it works so well so long. But it's not rotating on ball bearings or anything. It's just one aluminum tube rotating inside another one.

So you might want to visualize how you're going to rotate the motor upright after the dinghy is stowed and make sure it's not going to pose a challenge that's too physically daunting.
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