Using I-Pilot For Launching And Loading

[MikeinFresno]

anyone doing this? Back boat up, use troll motor to take it out a ways n then park it with spot lock. Drive tow vehicle to lot and walk back to ramp. Use remote to bring boat back and get in...anyone??

[slonezp]

I trust my Ipilot....but not that much

[Crappiebasser]

I did it once when I first got mine just playing around but wouldn't make it a habit.

[Way2slow]

Mine won't clear the trailer when it's down! Unless I back my truck half way in the lake to get the trailer deep enough to clear, and don't care to do that. So, if I have to be in the boat to deploy the TM after boat has cleared the trailer, just as well go ahead and pull boat to dock while I'm at it.

[MikeinFresno]

had not thot about deploying issues

[tomustang]

If the signal was better it wouldn't be that bad, the darn thing has a hard time keeping in contact with a finger in its way 2ft away from each other

[Hi Salenity]

I've done it, but I was just showing off. If I didn't have a few buddies around with boats I wouldn't have tried it.

If you are going to try it and are driving your boat twards you turn your remote around and point it at you so the controls are not backwards

[Fishing Rhino]

Other than trying to impress, or entertain others, why? 

 

Study Murphy's Law.  Using the remote controlled trolling motor adds one more factor into the operation that can go wrong. 

 

When that something goes wrong, you end up with egg on your face at the very least.