That's awesome Andy, our kids got a bit of tiller time as well. The trolling motor worked as well as expected. The makeshift filler pieces were essential and completely solved the sloshing well issue but i have to figure out how to make the motor easier to store in the well maybe just shortening the fiberglass stalk. Power wise it's not great but it still pushed us around Manilla bay in the morning with some gusty winds and sails down. I never expected it to be able to move the boat in any real wind only to get in and out of the marina. I did do a good job of motor sailing us back to the ramp at power level 4 which is about 350 watts or so while i kept us pointing and sheeted in.