Electric Trolling Motor For Your W Kayak
Sometime you feel like trolling - just dragging your fishing lines in the water along a known or new course, and you don’t feel like doing it paddling.
In such case it’s really easy to outfit your W kayak with an electric trolling motor. If you choose a basic model it could cost less than $100, with the deep cycle marine battery and charger you could reach $250.
A weaker motor would drain your battery more slowly. Make sure the battery you’re planning to buy fits at the bottom of the hull, where it would not destabilize your W kayak.
Attaching the motor to your W kayak is quite easy:
You can make a transom style preparation for a mount from a simple wooden board and four bolts, as shown in this illustration. Just drill, attach the board and fix the motor to it using the standard transom mount that comes with your motor.
January 22nd, 2008 at
Would this gizmo work for a small gas engine?
January 22nd, 2008 at
Up to 1 HP. The wood should be of good quality and at least 1 1/2″ thick. It’s advisable to make the wood even thicker across the hulls where the engine is attached.
Beyond this power range the boat will go pretty fast, and it’s advisable to outfit it with an outrigger.
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Yoav