Majorgator's XF20 - SPLASHED :)

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Re: Majorgator's XF20 - SPLASHED :)

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Great to see you getting her finished the way want! I like the plugs on the rod holders, perfect for the location. Looking good, now it's time for some Spring fishing 8)
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I believe the reason for mounting trolling motor on Port side is that most trolling motors on bass boats have a tendancy to stick out past the hull.Most boats when you pull along dock side are to starboard and ,thus, the trolling motor hits the dock. Askme how I know. I broke the cover on my PH16 trolling motor when pulled along side the dock in our first bateau Rondezvois in Port StJo. Something to think about.Seth it looks great. I was a little dissapointed that you didn't finish the interior sides up to the gunnel. I .am sorry but it is a shame to see the final finish underneath. :( Hope I didn't make you mad. :?
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I believe the reason for mounting trolling motor on Port side is that most trolling motors on bass boats have a tendancy to stick out past the hull.Most boats when you pull along dock side are to starboard and ,thus, the trolling motor hits the dock.
Could be true :wink: I don't think I was around when bow-mounted trolling motors came on the scene 8O :wink: :wink: :wink:
I was a little dissapointed that you didn't finish the interior sides up to the gunnel. I .am sorry but it is a shame to see the final finish underneath. :( Hope I didn't make you mad. :?
Dang, that was Richard's side 8O 8O :wink: :wink: Nah, you didn't make me mad. What can I say, some men are better than I. There comes a time when you're ready to be done, and finishing (fairing and sanding) underneath there was no easy chore. I tried a small area then scrapped it and said "good enough". Either way, when I installed the rod-holders it was the first time I've even looked under there since I painted. You definitely can't see it without turning yourself upside down. It is coated VERY WELL with epoxy though :wink:
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I believe the reason for mounting trolling motor on Port side is that most trolling motors on bass boats have a tendancy to stick out past the hull. Most boats when you pull along dock side are to starboard and ,thus, the trolling motor hits the dock.
I call BS to that, Capt. Ken. In good humor of course :lol: The "port" side of the boat was the side always put to the port, or the dock. The "starboard" side originated from "steerboard", the steering oar that was on the right side of the ship.
Starboard

The origin of the term starboard comes from early boating practices. Before ships had rudders on their centrelines, they were steered by use of a specialised steering oar. This oar was held by an oarsman located in the stern (back) of the ship. However, like most of society, there were many more right-handed sailors than left-handed sailors. This meant that the steering oar (which had been broadened to provide better control) used to be affixed to the right side of the ship. The word starboard comes from Old English steorbord, literally meaning the side on which the ship is steered, descendant from the Old Norse words stýri meaning "rudder" (from the verb stýra, literally "being at the helm", "having a hand in") and borð meaning etymologically "board", then the "side of a ship"
Port

An early version of "port" is larboard, which itself derives from Middle-English ladebord via corruption in the 16th century by association with starboard. The term larboard, when shouted in the wind, was presumably too easy to confuse with starboard[1] and so the word port came to replace it. Port is derived from the practice of sailors mooring ships on the left side at ports in order to prevent the steering oar from being crushed.

Larboard continued to be used well into the 1850s by whalers, despite being long superseded by "port" in the merchant vessel service at the time. "Port" was not officially adopted by the Royal Navy until 1844 (Ray Parkin, H. M. Bark Endeavour). Robert FitzRoy, Captain of Darwin's HMS Beagle, is said to have taught his crew to use the term port instead of larboard, thus propelling the use of the word into the Naval Services vocabulary.
Hence, it don't really matter which side you put it on, because those folks didn't have trolling motors and Yamaha outboards anyway. I always approach a dock either against the wind, or against the current, whichever is stronger, so it's just as likely to be either side to the dock, whatever works best for the conditions. No need to smash your trolling motor into it, whichever side it's on.
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Just a thought on my part. After I thought about it it could happen on either side.. Hey, No bodys perfect. i am far from it. Good info Larry. :?
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If I remember right Stan Sloan was one of the first to mount trolling motors on the bow. This goes way back when bass boats really got popular. One of his quotes if I rember right was why push a chain when you can pull it. thus the first trolling motor was bow mounted. Stan Sloan was one of the first to to start marketing lures for bass fishing commercially. I know lots of lures were made by others in the past before BASS was really getting started. He just happened to be one of those that capitalized in the business. The rest is history. :)
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I painted the aluminum stake-out stick bracket to match the cream-color interior and now its installed...

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We enjoyed the visit to your worksite to check your boat out a couple of weeks ago. Shella and I really love your boat. You've done a very fine job. John

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