yarcraft 1895 downrigger mounts

[1fife]

justr bought a yarcraft 1895 and want to mount downriggers. anyone with this boat have options on kind of downriggers, mounts and placement. pros and cons

[1fife]

might be wrong place, will also post on boats page

[Gary Gray]

Call Paul Thompson, he is the Plant supervisor, and can tell you exactly where to mount them. He runs a 1895 Storm, and has them on the boat he runs.

Hope this helps,
Gary Gray

906-864-9803 Home evenings up till about 8:00pm

Daytime, 906-863-1111,

[GARYboes]

On my 1895 storm I bought a set of mounting tracts, downrigger swivel bases, and plastic step inserts from cabelas. Mounted them in line with the rear deck. When not using I remove bases and put in the plastic step insert. Leaves a clean look then. Believe they are made by Pursuit sports. The set up is in cabelas cat. Good fishing

[Big K]

On my 192 Michigan I used the bases and mounting system made by pursuit formally called Burts. Found they work pretty well since I do a fair amount of salmon fishing also. What I did was I put some backing underneath where I mounted the bases. Took some 1" thick oak and encased it in fiberglass and ran the bolts from the bases through the oak for some extra strength in case I ever snag up a rigger ball. If you need more info let me know, but Gary's idea to call Paul at Yarcraft is the way to go.

[brian1785]

I have a tiller model of the same boat, can downriggers be mounted the same as with a console set up?