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Thanks Randy. I talked to Yukon and he has nothing but praise for the T8 Yamaha on his 30' Sportcraft. I think that is the way I'll go because it has power tilt and that will save about $800 on the power Panther bracket vs. going with the 9.9 which doesn't come with power tilt.

Anyone have knowledge of function of a Yamaha T.8 vs T9.9 as a kicker for a 24' salmon boat? Dealer says T8 is working fine on several boats this size & larger. It can come with power tilt where the T9.9 does not.

I'm having a Yamaha 9.9HT kicker put on my 24.5' Lund I/O. I will be mounting it on a Panther Model 35 power lift (tilt) bracket. I was going to use an E-Z Steer set up. I am also replacing my steering cable because it needs it. A suggestion has been made that I use a dual steering cable/helm since I'm replacing the cable/helm anyway. In this system two cables come from the helm, one to the I/O and one to the kicker. Apparently, a similar set up was/is used on the similar sized Crestliners that have the built in kicker pocket. I was hoping that this system would be less problematic that the E-Z Steer and two tilting motors. Anyone have any experience with the dual cable set up?