| When a canoe motor mount is flattened at the stern | | | | way the wooden mounts are. If you have a canoe |
| end of the boat, it is a sign that the designer | | | | shaped with a flat stern, that is the most logical place |
| intended to place an outboard motor on the vehicle. | | | | to put the engine. Otherwise, you place it on the |
| When the craft gets designed this way, the user can | | | | port or starboard sides near the rear of the craft. |
| find any number of mounts intended for a normal | | | | The gasoline powered engines start at 4 horsepower |
| boat that he can place on the stern. A motor allows | | | | and go up to ten. A canoe cannot support as large |
| the user to travel through the water more quickly | | | | an engine as a rowboat or a watercraft specifically |
| than by paddles alone. | | | | designed to carry an engine. |
| Mounts can be made out of two types of materials. | | | | The mounts should take about a half-hour for a user |
| Wooden mounts handle smaller electric motors | | | | with the proper power tools to install. Before ordering |
| somewhere between two to four horsepower. The | | | | the motor mount and the motor, you will need to |
| user can place them at the stern of the boat or on | | | | take several measurements. Get the size of the |
| the port or the starboard side if he has a normally | | | | gunwale, the motor size you plan to mount. After |
| shaped canoe. The engines allow the user to adjust | | | | installing it, you will want to run a few checks to |
| the position of the motor to allow the user to steer | | | | make sure it is safe. Make sure all the clamps are |
| his direction. | | | | installed and make sure the motor is attached tightly |
| Electric motors are often not desired for water | | | | to the canoe. |
| operation. Not only do these engines produce less | | | | It does not hurt to do a little research on the motor |
| horsepower than a gasoline engine, they are more | | | | you intend to buy and what kind of mount will work |
| likely to suffer from problems while afloat. If you | | | | for it. The major difference between a wooden |
| want to use a gasoline engine, a wooden mount will | | | | motor mount and an aluminum motor mount is the |
| not support a more powerful gasoline engine. | | | | amount of pressure and weight each type can |
| Aluminum mounts are usually installed in the same | | | | withstand. |