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Has anyone mounted a trolling motor to a Four Winns 180? I was thingking of getting one, but I not sure how to mount it without messing up the boat.

Duct tape that bow thruster on the nav light.

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Yep, Four Winns mounts them all the time. As in the FW 180 Fish n' Ski model.

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

I have a Horizon 190. A bow mount electric motor is problematic. I have a commercially made aluminium hidden hitch type receiver and mounting plates that will eventually be bolted through the integrated swim deck on the port side. It has a receiver and motor mount that holds up to a 9.9 motor. I have seen the same rig mounted on another boat with a 9.9 Merc and it looks/works ok. You would remove the receiver/motor before transporting the boat on the highway. The receiver/motor can stay mounted together. To install you would have to drill the holes a little bigger than needed, then glue the hole sides with marine epoxy to water proof, then mount also using ¾ inch marine plywood (pre-finished with spar varnish) on the inside of the motor compartment. To steer you would use a commercially made extension handle. I was advised to not use bars to join the motor with the leg because using the boat steering without the engine running would be hard on the power steering pump. That configuration would work with an outboard.

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2007 Four Winns Horizon 190 Season Four
Frontiersman 18.5' freighter canoe with sail rig
No fuel problems if you just float. Bugger that, I'm burning fuel this season.

As for the Admiral... A happy wife is a happy life.

I think the 180FS model has a flat spot built into the bow where the trolling motor mounts. The best bet may be to fabricate something similar that would give adequate mounting space.

That wouldn't solve the problem of the pedestal seat though.

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-Rob.


Current boat: 2011 Yamaha AR210
Previous boat: 1998 Horizon RX 4.3GL SX

V-DUB...... Did you ever mount the trolling motor ????

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One of 4 Previous (Sold) Boats:
2000 Four Winns 268 Vista

Current Boat: 2004 Chaparral 235 ssi cuddy

Not yet. I was looking for a mount like the one on this web site

http://www.webclassifieds.us/i/282214/i.html