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Sevylor Motor Mount | 
 enlarge | Brand: Sevylor
Category: Sports
Buy New: $49.99
as of 9/9/2010 09:31:56 EDT details
New (2) from $49.99
Rating:  23 reviews
Sales Rank: 46510
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 2 x 11 x 29
MPN: U102ACC-00-000
Model: U102ACC-00-000
UPC: 089736701993
EAN: 0000100871388
ASIN: B0000AY0HF
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | 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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Product Description
Sevylor Motor Mount. One of the basics you must have. Short, compact Motor Mount will fit all Sevylor boats manufactured during the last 40 years which have been designed to accommodate a gasoline motor. Check the model of your boat and order yours today! Sevylor Motor Mount
Amazon.com Product Description
Paddling a boat can be fun, but it can also be exhausting after a few hours on the water. Enter the Sevylor motor mount, which makes it easy to attach a gasoline motor to your Sevylor boat. The motor mount is easy to install, with a pair of secure arms that fit inside a Sevylor's attachment points. More importantly, the mount works with all gas-motor-compatible Sevylor boats manufactured over the past 40 years. About Sevylor
The road from Sevylor's founding in 1948 to its current role as the dominant supplier of a wide range of inflatables--such as kayaks, boats, and towables--is a long one, with plenty of original inventions and innovations along the way. Established in a city suburb of Vitry, France, by electronics engineer Berco Grimbert, Sevylor originally built electrical accessories, with a sideline business dedicated to using its high-frequency welding machines to manufacture PVC consumer goods. The first inflatable to receive rave notice was a small bathtub called the Dou Dou. Perfect for postwar France, the inflatable tub was portable, convenient, practical, easy to clean, durable, and, best of all, affordable. After moving to the picturesque Alsatian village of Buhl, the company expanded into developing valves, pumps, boats, inflatable pools, and a variety of water toys. In the ensuing years, Sevylor first developed a PVC that had "memory"--meaning it could return to its original shape regardless of temperature--and then made history by releasing an inflatable pool mattress with a headrest and circular pockets. In 1986, the company invented the Ski Bob, a real turning point in the evolution of the towables business. Today, Sevylor's innovative designs include tenders, hunting and fishing boats, specialty boats and kayaks, towables, snow tubes, air beds, pool floats, river tubes, swim and sport rings, and more.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 23
 Poor design, poor construction quality August 28, 2010
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.
 Screw Loose July 23, 2010
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?
 Easy to install, works great. June 25, 2010
Daniel Wallace (Carroll, IA)
The mount fits my Sevylor HF360 perfectly and installs easily. It makes my Minn-Kota 30lb trolling motor stable and secure. The only modification I made was too extend the battery cables so I could put my marine battery up front in the boat to help weight distribution.
 a must-have June 6, 2010
G. Wilks (Orange County, California)
You have to have a mount for any inflatable boat. But when I used it the bracket on the side broke and now it isnt securely on there anymore. Tried to call for a replacement part and haven't heard back for sevylor. I wouldn't recommend this product. Make your own mount or buy and fix this one to make a better quality item.
works great May 25, 2010
Daniel Kerner (Nashua, NH)
I bought this poduct about a month back and have had no problems with it at all so far. i dont know why so many people are complaning about it being crapy but it fits perfect with my K105 sevylor caravelle inflatable raft. well i guess some people just have bad luck sometimes
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