Wood motor mount
- Thread starter frogahern
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These show up regularly on eBay and there is an older one currently at http://www.ebay.com/itm/150854434225 with some good pictures. A quick search for canoe motor mount in the title found thirty. Good luck,
Benson
Benson
The original Old Town ones always used a flat metal bar across the gunwales with brass hardware as far as I know. There are several all wood ones on eBay from other makers like the ones at http://www.ebay.com/itm/290698525718 and http://www.ebay.com/itm/180683842011 but these don't appear to have brass hardware. These both look like a simple design that you could probably make yourself but I never have.
Benson
bredlo
LOVES Wooden Canoes
I have a few photos of my Willits Bros. motor mount here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bredlo/sets/72157626407252462/with/5579836743/
I think it's a pretty elegant design.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bredlo/sets/72157626407252462/with/5579836743/
I think it's a pretty elegant design.
Todd Bradshaw
Sailmaker
I built one in 1979 for a couple canoes up at my folks cabin. It was 1.25" thick ash with a 1.5" thick, slightly angled motor block. I bought the big bronze bolts and tail nuts from Old Town. The motor block was held to the crossbar with stainless carriage bolts and it was finished with numerous coats of Deks Olje #1. I installed a small curved thwart behind the stern seat with two bolt holes in it on one boat. The other had a second, loose curved wooden bar that fit under the gunwales, sandwiching them to hold the mount in place. Unfortunately, somebody left it out under the porch for a few years, so it's rather weathered, but it's still sound and waiting to be cleaned-up and refinished.
