Like others have said, a side mount and an outboard can get squirrely fast. Turn too sharp and it wants to roll the canoe over instead of turning, all the weight is to one side and any shift in weight will turn the canoe. Running a trapline with a side mount I turned a canoe over in -0 F. temps, lived to tell about it and that was the last time with a side mount. Now my Beaver aluminum gets paddled and the Martin Sq. Stern gets the motor.
