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I had a kicker on almost all my Whalers as I agree with you about not putting the hours on a powerful expensive main motor.
See this article:
http://www.whalercentral.com/articles...icle_id=48

and my current and prior Whalers:
http://users.sisqtel.net/~jkriz/whale...alers.html

I used to troll all day long for Salmon several weeks a year. Hardly ever used the main 150hp motor.
Also boated in very remote large lakes and would never consider not having a kicker or backup motor back then.
No GPS or Cell phones or even Cell phone coverage was even scarce in many remote areas.

Here is a stationary Garelick mounting bracket that works for the newer Whalers. Might work for yours.
http://www.garelick.com/Eez-In-Statio...or-Bracket

Here is the Garelick mounted on a newer 170 Montauk.
http://www.whalercentral.com/infusion...r_id=11649