Motor mounting system for an inflatable boat

A motor mounting system for an inflatable boat of the type having opposed first and second tubular gunwale sections extending from a tubular U-shaped stern section, the system comprising:

• a band horizontally and contiguously positionable on a rearward surface of an inflatable boat, the band having opposed first and second ends;
• a first strap that encircles a first section of an inflatable boat and said band adjacent said first end thereof to regain said band first end continuous to an inflatable boat;
• a second strap that encircles a second section of an inflatable boat and said band adjacent said second end thereof to regain said band first end contiguous to an inflatable boat;
• a bracket secured to said band at the stern of an inflatable boat and receiving a battery therein;
• a submersible motor having a horizontal propeller shaft rotatably extending therefrom to which is affixed a propeller, the motor being positioned beneath and supported by said bracket;
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• a motor control supportable by a section of an inflatable boat and electrically interposed between said battery and said motor.