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An improved trolling plate design that incorporates an outdrive bracket to be attached to a watercraft outdrive, a rotationally linked thrust regulating plate, and a selector subassembly including user operable linkage to engage a plate subassembly extending from the thrust regulating plate. The pla

An improved trolling plate design that incorporates an outdrive bracket to be attached to a watercraft outdrive, a rotationally linked thrust regulating plate, and a selector subassembly including user operable linkage to engage a plate subassembly extending from the thrust regulating plate. The plate subassembly uses a protruding member extending from the thrust exposed side of the plate to engage a dog pivotally linked to the outdrive bracket so that rotational forces of the plate are compressively transferred to the bracket. This arrangement of force transmission components eliminates elongation of prior art outdrive bracket slots and thrust regulation plate notches, the result being an improved force transmission linkage. Removal of the dog as an intermediary component from between the plate having the protruding member and the outdrive bracket can be accomplished by pivoting the dog so that the protruding member clears the same when the plate is rotated to a trolling position.

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[ What is claimed:] [1.]1. A trolling plate assembly mountable to a drive unit of a watercraft comprising:an outdrive bracket having an upper surface, a lower surface, a forward portion, and a rear portion, and defining a passage at the rear portion from the upper surface to the lower surface;a thru

[ What is claimed:] [1.]1. A trolling plate assembly mountable to a drive unit of a watercraft comprising:an outdrive bracket having an upper surface, a lower surface, a forward portion, and a rear portion, and defining a passage at the rear portion from the upper surface to the lower surface;a thrust regulating plate pivotally linked to the outdrive bracket at the rear portion wherein the plate is positionable to establish a trolling position that diminishes effective thrust of the drive unit and a second position, wherein the thrust regulating plate has a first surface that faces at least partially towards the drive unit when in the trolling position, and a second opposing surface;a selector subassembly comprising a user operable linkage located at the outdrive bracket passage, a lower portion of which partially extends through the outdrive bracket passage; anda plate subassembly extending from the first surface of the thrust regulating plate comprising a protruding member adapted to engage the lower portion of the user operable linkagewherein the user operable linkage prevents rearward rotation of the thrust regulating plate by obstructing movement of the protruding member when the thrust regulating plate is in the trolling position.