Reply To: Budget thrusters

Hi Ryan,

many thanks for such detailed info on these budget thrusters. I have a couple of Questions.

1.. Is the mounting bracket the same as comes with the motor plus the white mounting strips?
2.. What length of shaft did you use – 36″ or 42″?

3.. Did you use both motors in tandem i.e both ahead or astern at the same time, or individually?

4.. I have removed the tie bar for the steering from above the deck at the stern and moved it lower down outboard of the rudders. This freed updeck space at the rear of the boat, but makes the tie-bar a lot more vunerable to a “Kick up the backside.” Would this make stern mounting more feasible?

I am trying to get the UK supplier to supply just the Mounting bracket, shaft and propeller/motor. I was thinking of using on/off foot switches as you use on windlasses to control the movement ahead or astern.
You obviously have more experience of this situation than myself and I wonder if I am just talking rubbish and it would just not be feasible.

Regards Martin