Back in the late 60's, early 70's I made up a side mount to fit my Peterborough canoe. I second the suggestion that the mount be sturdy otherwise under power the mount will start to torque over (Not good). In my case we were using a 6 h.p. motor which was really too big for the job. (The prior year we had used an old 1 or 2 h.p. motor which left us stranded in the middle of a large lake facing a strong head wind with a large load of moose on board.) The next year we joined two canoes and created a catamaran with the motor mounted between the canoes. This worked well.
