I know this is an older post, but cant seem to find my answers in any of the posts I have searched. I am going to be rejuvenating my 1984 23' Sceptre and will be installing a flotation bracket. i have two separate questions:
1) Has anyone installed a Bilge Pump with an alarm inside the bracket? I ask because I haven't seen any, but if there is a leak or a crack you wouldn't know until it was too late. If I was to do it I would plumb it back into the main hull and route it out next to or "T" it into the existing Bilge output line. It would have a float with an alarm obviously. My Sceptre was really close to sinking because of a leaky hatch in a prior season so that pit of a feeling when your boat is sitting way too low in the slip is still fresh in my memory.
2) the newer Minkota type electric trolling motors have a phone app or GPS positioning interface which is really cool for bass and flats boats. Has anyone installed one on a 23' or are they too weak to push that much weight , and secondly has anyone tried mounting (temporarily of course) on the stern bracket instead of the bow and have a quick disconnect system so its not constantly being washed out by saltwater. I know they are generally not designed for this application because they are more for Pull style application, but it would be great to have this for NJ Striper bridge fishing and also backwater flounder fishing.
Maybe I'm nutty or I just gave away 2 big ideas.
02-19-2016, 04:09 PM
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