19 Feb 2017
I received a trolling motor which produced 45 lbs-ft of thrust and decided that it will make a great project to mount on to my wife’s kayak. This effectively creates an electric-kayak.
When I completed the project using a galvanised pole that mounts the trolling motor out to one side of the kayak, I made the following tongue-in-cheek video:
The last laugh was however on me as on its maiden voyage the trolling motor caused a moment and tipped me into the river. The battery was destroyed and I also lost some fishing gear. I then had to rethink this idea and came up with the idea of producing some outriggers to make the “Boake-yak” as my friends dubbed it, much more stable.
