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I recently bought a trolling motor for my 1971 16' Old Town and went through all the research for pros/cons of the various mounting methods. It seems most use a side saddle mount in this situation, but I wasn't convinced that was the best way to go. Stem mount didn't lend itself either, way too far back and the tiller is at your back.
Any way, I found a compromise method for mounting and thought I would share it. A running log of this project is located at the URL posted below. My project is not finished yet and more pictures will be added as I progress.
looks almost the same as the one i just made for my old fiberglass canoe. except i have rolled fiberglass gunwhales and used wood bolted through them. it works very well once i got it dialed in to the rite length... yours looks more professional than mine. maybe ill take a pic so you can see what a woodworker does with scrap wood.
poppawheelie wrote:looks almost the same as the one i just made for my old fiberglass canoe. except i have rolled fiberglass gunwhales and used wood bolted through them. it works very well once i got it dialed in to the rite length... yours looks more professional than mine. maybe ill take a pic so you can see what a woodworker does with scrap wood.
Thanks. Yes. Let's see some pictures. Good to know that it works. I haven't tried mine, yet, but it looks good in theory. Today, I made some clevis pins from 1/4" brass rods to hold it in place and counterbored the wood for the clamp feet. Pictures posted on the web page link.
