End cap apparatus for canoe

A canoe end cap that is configured to be secured to a bow end or a stern end of a canoe wherein the canoe end cap comprises:

• a body, said body having a first end and a second end, said body having a width at said second end that is greater than a width at said first end, said body comprising:
• a top plate having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge on opposing sides of said body, and an upper surface and a lower surface, among which said lower surface is placeable atop an end of a canoe;
• and
• first and second side supports that are respectively contiguous with said first and second lateral edges of the top plate, and bend downwardly from the top plate at said first and second lateral edges, respectively;
• wherein:
• each side support has first and second sections that are respectively adjacent to the first and second ends of the body;
• the second section of each side support is characterized by a first bend from which a hanging first segment of the second section hangs downwardly from the respectively lateral edge of the top plate, a second bend from which an in-turned second segment of the second section then turns laterally inward from the hanging first segment, and a third bend from which a down-turned third segment the second section then turns downwardly from the in-turned second segment to form a mechanical fastening interface at which the body is mechanically fastenable to the canoe;
• the first section of each side support bends downwardly from the respective lateral edge of the top plate on a shared bend line that is a contiguous extension of the first bend of the second section.

A canoe end cap that is configured to be secured to a bow end or a stern end of a canoe wherein the canoe end cap comprises:

• a body, said body having a first end and a second end, said body having a width at said second end that is greater than a width at said first end, said body comprising:
• a top plate having a first lateral edge and a second lateral edge on opposing sides of said body, and an upper surface and a lower surface, among which said lower surface is placeable atop an end of a canoe;
• and
• first and second side supports that are respectively contiguous with said first and second lateral edges of the top plate, and bend downwardly from the top plate at said first and second lateral edges, respectively;
• wherein the first and second side supports and the top plate all extend fully to the first end of the body, and the top plate overhangs the end of the canoe in cooperative formation with the first and second side supports of a cantilevered end region of the body that spans beyond the end of the canoe and is wider than said end of the canoe, to enable mounted support thereon of an outboard motor.