$13 Homemade Floating LazyBoy boat Part 1 Intex 200

Can you turn a $13 Intex 200 inflatable toy boat into a homemade floating LazyBoy with a marine battery, floorboard, trolling motor, cup holder, and a 200 pound six foot passenger?
Part one shows what I did to the boat, part 2 shows me in the boat out on the water. It worked great!
Watch part 2 here
• $12 Homemade Floating ...
This is about the least amount of money you can spend and have a lot of fun out on the water.
If you sit in the bottom of the boat with your feet sticking out just like in a LazyBoy recliner, and you stay in calm protected water
( and you can swim or wear a life jacket) and watch out for alligators, you will have a lot of fun, get a big smile, and feel like you are actually in your LazyBoy recliner out on the water.
It is a hoot.
The only tricky part is getting out of the boat at the end..
I bought my Intex 200 on Amazon for $13 in June 2014.
your mileage may vary.
I used an old thrift store Shakespeare trolling motor with only 12 pound thrust. It is a lightweight motor that cost only $20 used. I added a 3/4 inch plywood floorboard and a commercially made motor mount that cost $20, but could have made my own from scrap.
if you don't get out on the water this summer, it is your own fault.
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[@Taleulah]

I was right there with you, until you got to the part about the alligators!! ...lol God bless.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Thanks Taleulah!

[@AtHomeWithJenn]

Seriously, you floated in the canal with possibe alligators?!? Cool idea, Robb! Like the boat.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Thanks Jen, I have not seen any alligators in this canal, but they can be anywhere down here.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Thanks LA!

[@jamieclemons1526]

Another guy found a foam kickboard that would just fit inside of it added boyancy.

[@ohasse]

Hello budy, how are you?
I live in Brazil I have an inflatable boat of the same model, could you tell me how did this support for the electric motor or send me photos of it?

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Hello. here is the econd video showing it in use
czcams.com/video/5UQ4rYmmqhM/video.html
it worked ok but was very small and after a while it is hard to sit.

[@jimwilson5458]

How did you fashion the motor mount?

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Hello Jim. I bought that mount years ago on eBay for just a few dollars. It's just a piece of plywood and two pieces of thin metal tubing that are bent at the ends and attached to the plywood with metal view bolts. Here is a link on Amazon but they are not available or in stock right now. You can see what they look like though. www.amazon.ca/Airhead-AHIBT-1-Transom-Motor-Inflatable/dp/B0075JP74S