Hi all, I failed to answer a question some time ago. The battery life is awesome. We have never really had to push it to the limit but I actually got a couple of days on a single charge. The Rhodan is a strong trolling motor and holds our boat great. The rail cutout was a game changer in...
On our 282, I installed a system on the ceiling of the aft cabin for my trolling rods. My rods are 5'9" long, so they just fit. The 6 rods hang perfectly and out of the way. I set up the tracks that every other rod faced opposite directions to maximized space.
We have Jr Wishbones with 19' aluminum poles. We also worked with them on a design to snap the poles to the hard top so they don't bang......awesome set up.
We are looking into it. They are currently doing demo rides in our area. The guy I talked to about it said they were looking to make brackets to cover the tab pockets so no glassing would be required. I will have to follow up with him to see if they have come up with a solution. I would rather...
There is no good spot. We kept ours in the cabin, then tried to find somewhere to keep it. never found a good spot. Shift gears and roof mounted in a hard case.
Ram mount for phone. Never had an issue with it in rough seas. I mounted a virb under the lip of my hard top looking over the cockpit. The virb interfaces with my instruments and we can actually control it from the helm
My two cents....I like it in the helm, down my steps and in my aft cabin. I didn't want it for fishing as scrubbing the cockpit is much easier to clean blood etc on the original fiberglass deck.