You all make to much sense. I just did the quick and easy thing. When tying off at the eyes on the transom how are you manipulating all the rope around the motor? Kind of scary thinking the rope could get into the prop. How about a single eye? Also, need more input on my speed. Would you go faster? I sure was watching and seeing things I have never noticed before during my meandering 6.2 mph tow process. Yes, I did use my slip calculator to legitimize the GPS/Motor the numbers too. LOL! I did crank up the tunes on my marine MP3 player (the one BassCats install on 2009 boats). Side Note: That is one very impressive marine radio BassCat has available. Yea, I did ask them if anyone had stopped by and they did say one guy did but he couldnt help because he was breaking in his motor. As for the other boaters. Who knows. Thats water over the bridge now. Problem solved. That is a sick feeling to be out there dead in the water. I have been there too. It happened to me several years ago. I went out to my furthest fishing spot on my home lake reservoir and my starter went out on a cool late fall afternoon. Trolling motor worked very slow and was not fully charged plus no current to help either. I was 13 plus miles for my boat launch. Well 6.5 hours later in late cold night a buddy came out and got me. Since then I always carry a rope just incase this happens to someone else or myself. Thank goodness I had a cell phone with me at the time. I just fished my way back until we ran into each other. It was a nice feeling to see those lights on his boat. Also, I caught fish in areas I never fished drifting my way back in. Hawg Dawg wrote: Just curious, could you not tie off to the eyes on the back of your transom? Seems like that would be much stronger and safer. I would think you could pull an anchor tie out but not the transom ties.
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