{"id":24294,"date":"2022-07-20T18:34:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/?p=24294"},"modified":"2022-07-20T21:48:12","modified_gmt":"2022-07-21T01:48:12","slug":"more-s4-rigging-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/20\/more-s4-rigging-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"More S4 rigging projects"},"content":{"rendered":"
Terry Pritchard<\/h5>\n

North Carolina \/ Florida<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Driving<\/p>\n

I have upgraded my s4 from the first pics I sent. I’m using it exclusively in the intercoastal waters in Florida catching snook, tarpon, and red fish. I have done a lot of modifications to make all this work.<\/p>\n

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Note the front mounted electric trolling motor<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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I added a seat and I made a U-jinted tiller extension for the motor.<\/div>\n
I also reinforced the transom, because this motor is heavier and more powerful than the max 6 HP that Wavewalk recommends.<\/div>\n
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\"Seat,<\/div>\n
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The leaning bar and platform<\/strong> – Leaning bar unlocks and swings away for access to the bow. The platform is 17 inches by 34 and standing that high in the boat is very stable, so stable I can stand on the edge, with my tes stick out.<\/div>\n
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\"Casting<\/div>\n
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\"Leaning<\/div>\n
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\"Standing<\/div>\n
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I made a battery compartment\u00a0 by cutting a section out of the floatation seat and plastic welded an end back in. I also installed another saddle bracket that the modification eliminated.<\/div>\n
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\"Electric<\/div>\n
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And this is a storage compartment on the side of the hull –<\/div>\n
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\"Storage<\/div>\n
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This is the transom saver for transporting the boat. The 9.8 is a heavy\u00a0 motor and the vibration and stress in transport is another factor for reinforcing the transom –<\/div>\n
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\"9.8<\/div>\n
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The propeller pitch is 7 which came with the motor. I also have a 9 pitch and only gained 2 tenths and the rpms dropped about 475 rpms. As you can see from the pictures I have added a lot of weight to this boat.<\/div>\n
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\"9.8<\/div>\n
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The speed I get is 16-17 mph using GPS. Conditions have to be really good to\u00a0 hit 17, and I once did 18 mph for a brief period of time.<\/div>\n
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\"Tohatsu<\/div>\n
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This motor weighs 84 lbs, which is over 20 lbs more than a 6 HP, so I had to trim it very aggressively, and add a trim tab to keep the bow low and the stern high –<\/div>\n
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\"Trim<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Terry Pritchard North Carolina \/ Florida I have upgraded my s4 from the first pics I sent. I’m using it exclusively in the intercoastal waters in Florida catching snook, tarpon, and red fish. I have done a lot of modifications to make all this work. I added a seat and I made a U-jinted tiller … Continue reading “More S4 rigging projects”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":24309,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-category"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24294"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24320,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24294\/revisions\/24320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wavewalk.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}