Thread: Kayak.

I knocked up a simple mount after work this evening to drop a small outboard off the side of my kayak. I have picked up one of the cheap Chinese 2 stroke outboards that Gimp mentioned in another thread to try out (Cheers for the info). The mount drops into the two rear rod holders directly behind my seat and protrudes out the R/H side for the motor to mount onto.
A shovel handle was pretty much bang on in diameter for fitment in the rod holders and a 900mm length of 180mm x 30mm dressed timber becomes the transom, held together with some bed head/furniture bolts and some insert nuts so it can be dis-assembled for removal and storage. It worked out that the transom sits just far enough back that my kayak seat just leans on it so I now have a back rest for when I am 'fushing'