Troll motor deflection

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Thu, Dec 3, 2009, 7:09am (CST-2)
From: (Steve*B)
I have my troll motor mounted off center because I have a pointed bow.
Does turning the main motor a little one way help to keep it tracking
straighter?
Steve

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It's all a matter of physics....drift, drag, and thrust. Since you
probably don't carry a slide rule with you on the water, and you don't
have a set of instruments, just "fly" it by the seat of your pants, like
pilots do when they lose their instruments.

Of course a rudder would help with the drift aspect, so using the main
motor as a rudder makes sense. you do increase the drag, but that's
offset by increasing the trust.