Hello fellow Champion owners! (Especially the Mean16 ones)
I purchased a new Motorguide trolling motor about a year ago, haven't had time to work on my boat due to work and travel but it's been brand new in box sitting in the garage. I purchased this one: https://shop.motorguide.com/products/940800230.html it's a Motorguide xi5 54'' 80# 24v. I needed something with more beef especially fishing lakes and tourny's I do with my club. The one before I had was an original Evinrude Trolling Motor which was about 30# and on a 12v circuit. I believe it was original with the boat.
The thing I'm having issues is with the amount of over hang I have on the Starboard side of the boat which the head does reaches almost completely out of the boat (I think I might have purchased too long of shaft) and also the mounting holes doesn't match up with the old trolling motor and it's almost on the edge of the bow. How to I reach by the bow to get to the mounting holes? I'm thinking about buying this: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1 to maybe help with the install and give me a bit more real estate up on the bow which I barely have with the new trolling motor mounted by hand.
Here are some photo's I have up: https://imgur.com/a/S7WXwGs
Any installation advice would be great. Thanks!!!!