[sluggo]

okay well three years later I finally got it!! With help from another Sovran owner!!! On the Sovran they have little handles to pull with, so you don't have to use the throttle/shifter levers. To make this work I found this: don't do a 'long steady pull', you have to grab the handles and jerk it up and then back. You have to try and pop it out of the mounts and then you can pull it back towards you. the upward pop was the key for me!! The mounts they use for this are the same they use to close the hatch over the swim platform ladder. Note you have to give that a good pop as well, so you are doing the same thing with the helm station. Just thought I would update!!!