Thanks to the wonderful Adam Bruce and the Row2k crowd for this great post about how to make a great value GoPro mount for your boat.  He estimates it costs about US$35 which is under £28 by my reckoning.

Rowing boat GoPro stand

I particularly like the fact that it’s a temporary stand – no holes are drilled in the boat canvasses.

Here’s the list of ‘ingredients’

Purchased materials:

• 3 suction cups ($6.87 each)
• 2- 10ft x 3/4” PVC ($2.36 each)
• 3- ¼-20 x 2” stainless steel bolt ($0.61 each)
• 6- ¼-20 x 2.5” stainless steel bolts ($0.67 each)
• Flat black spray paint ($3.76) – optional

Common boathouse materials:

• Scrap 2×4
• 3- 2” screws
• 21- Stainless steel washers
• 9- ¼-20 stainless steel nylon nuts (or lock washer and nut combo)
• Zip ties

Tools:

• Pipe cutting tool (optional but very helpful)
• Circular Saw (or hand saw)
• Drill
• ¼ drill bit
• 1/8 drill bit
• Writing utensil
• Measuring tape
• 2- 7/16” wrenches

Head over to Row2k to read the full instructions