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Hello Gary and it's been a while, how is the "Admiral" and yourself doing these day's.

Gary I would suggest taking a look at the wood/composite backing location diagram available right here in W/C for the Dauntless 15. How are you planning to mount/attach the trolling motor base to the bow area?

The deck lay-up is not very thick if you miss the composite backing material when installing hardware for the TM.

The wire gauge needed for the TM will be to large to run through the rub-rail as discussed. Your console idea sounds good and there are applicable plastic race-ways that you can use to conseal the wires between the cooler seat and the anchor locker drain port. I think a company that you can look at for the race-way is "Wire Mould".

Most Home Depots and Lowes will carry these products and there easy to mount and remove later. They mount via double sided tape or you can remove the tape and use Silicone or 3M's 4200 for a better attachment.

Happy Engineering with this project...
Angel M.