Sevylor Trolling Motor Mount
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| Manufacturer: Sevylor |
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| List Price: $49.99 |
| Sale Price: $49.99 |
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Product Description |
Paddling can take all the fun out of your custom personal fishing boat. Enter the Sevylor motor mount, which makes it easy to attach a Minn Kota trolling motor to your Sevylor boat. The motor mount is easy to install, with a pair of secure arms that fit inside the Sevylor's attachment points.
When you go to assemble this mount the first time, you will notice the instructions show the U-bolts with the ends facing inward towards the boat. This is an error in the instructions. Be sure to install the U-bolts with the ends facing out away from the boat.
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Product Details |
- Motor mount designed for Sevylor boats
- Lets you attach gasoline motor to inflatable boat
- Easy to install, with pair of secure attachment arms
- Works with all gas-motor-compatible Sevylor boats
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Customer Reviews |
 Poor design, poor construction quality |
| Review Date: August 28, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Cornel, |
I have purchased a Sevylor Fish Master 325 inflatable boat rated for max. 3 HP gas outboard and a Sevylor Motor Mount none of them fro Amazon but from retailer store.
The Sevylor Motor Mount is advertised, labeled and indicated in the inflatable boat operation book as suitable to the boat. I have tried to use it with a MinnKota 55# thrust. By following accurately step by step the installation instructions for the Sevylor Motor Mount, the MinnKota 55# thrust can not be mounted on the transom simply because the shallow transom board comes too close to the inflatable boat aft and there is no space left for the motor clamp and clamp tighteners installation. I have tried to install a Mercury 3.5 HP four stroke outboard motor and the situation was the same:no space for the motor clamp and clamp tighteners installation as long as the steel mounting rods sit on the boat sides and boat end as shown in the transom installation manual.
Ultimately I had to replace the transom board with a higher one tailored by me from marine grade plywood.The new one requires a long shaft outboard and not a short shaft as indicated in the Sevylor Fish Master 325 and in the Sevylor Motor Mount instruction manual to make up for the height diferential. It works well with the new one. The original one was badly designed or simply un-suitable for the respective boat.
The smaller caps for the steel pipe turned end were loose and looked damaged since being still in the plastic bag. That is why they fell and have been lost in the water during the very first trip on the lake.
I do not get it why the marine grade plywood transom is shown on the picture on the box in dark stain colour. In reality is just a piece of bare marine plywood poor looking in 'natural' wood colour. It has no finish.
The bronze connectors are not at all 'U' shaped but 'V' shaped at the end toward the boat. It means that they do not wrap tightly around the steel pipe and protrude into the boat tube hull when boat is inflated. The 'V' shaped ones will certainly damage or puncture the inflatable hull since they push deeply into the hull. It is just a matter of time. Once again, very poor design. I intend to have them replaced with more suitable and safer ones 'U' shaped.
The conclusion is that the price I paid for the entire Sevylor Motor Mount transom assembly turned out into a high price paid for two adjustable steel pipes (I can not say how reliable they will be in the future). The rest of the Sevylor Motor Mount was either un-usable, or un-safe or poor looking.
I definitely do not recommend it for the Sevylor Fish Master 325. |
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| Review Date: July 23, 2010 |
| Reviewer: Paul Walsh, |
Noticed this is a recurring issue with this product. Plastic bracket that secures the telescoping rods broke our on our first voyage while in the middle of the lake. Trying now to jury rig a solution.
Sevylor boat is great -- the motor mount is not.
Hey Sevylor: any suggestions as to how to fix this? |
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