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[QUOTE]Crawman - 5/15/2016  11:31 PM

I'm thinking now when casting I'm pretty much always casting off the left side of the boat.  Then if I have someone with both of us are casting off the left side so with the kicker on the left side too that's a bit of weight all on the left side.

I'm thinking about putting it on the drivers side which would put me closer to my sonar/gps on the console too as a benefit.  From what I understood when I mounted my sonars tranducer is that it should be on the right/starboard side because of the prop wash on the left side would mess with it.  But if I put the kicker on the right side will I have to move the transducer to the left/port side?  If so would that cause any issues?

Thanks,
Marc[/QUOTE]

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Posted 5/15/2016 11:31 PM (#817248)
Subject: Which side of boat for kicker and transducers?

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Hi folks, hoping for a little help and insight aboutadding a kicker motor and which side it should go on, and which side the sonar transducers would be mounted. I was originally thinking of installing the kicker on the port/left side of the boat. My tranducer is currently on the starboard/right side, and to offset the kicker weight when by myself the left side made sense (single console boat).

I'm thinking now when casting I'm pretty much always casting off the left side of the boat. Then if I have someone with both of us are casting off the left side so with the kicker on the left side too that's a bit of weight all on the left side.

I'm thinking about putting it on the drivers side which would put me closer to my sonar/gps on the console too as a benefit. From what I understood when I mounted my sonars tranducer is that it should be on the right/starboard side because of the prop wash on the left side would mess with it. But if I put the kicker on the right side will I have to move the transducer to the left/port side? If so would that cause any issues?

Thanks,
Marc