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DuoGen Universal Mount Bracket Installation
1. Read all the instructions carefully before commencing installation and familiarise yourself with
the components.
2. Allow yourself plenty of time, at least four hours. Fitting DuoGen is not difficult, but it is
unfamiliar, and rushing doesn't help! If you can enlist an assistant the job will be much easier.
3. There is nothing worse than dropping tools or fasteners overboard! It is usually well worth the
effort of inflating the dinghy and securing it across the transom so you can tackle the job from
both sides. Alternatively, bring the yacht in stern to so her transom can be reached from the
pontoon.
4. You will see that, when installing using the universal bracket, the bracket becomes a new
vertical pushpit member.
5. Consider the diagrams and photographs and decide how best the universal bracket can be
attached to your yacht.
6. It is often useful to offer the bracket up to the rails in a variety of positions before beginning to
attach it with rail clamps. Note that some drilling and sawing operations may be required. The
universal bracket is made of 316 stainless steel and is very hard. Make sure you have a new
high speed steel hacksaw blade available and a new high speed steel 5 mm drill bit. It will save
a lot of frustration!
7. Depending on the architecture of the yacht and the tower length of the DuoGen, it may be
necessary to shorten the universal bracket at one or both ends. This is easily done by simply
sawing a length off. In some rare cases, notably where an extra long tower machine is being
fitted and where the universal bracket foot falls a long way down a transom, the universal
bracket may require extending. An extension kit is available to achieve this.
8. Check the pushpit rail diameters. The clamp plates and U bolts supplied with the mount kit are
designed to fit 25 mm (1 inch) rails. If your rails are 32 mm (1¼ inches) you will require 4 larger
U bolts to suit. You will also require a larger rail clamp to secure the end of the lateral brace
strut. These parts can be sourced locally or via Eclectic Energy Limited.
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