Launching – Quick Canoe Electric in Hungary

A boat for an electric trolling motor will go very fast with 2hp. I suggest that smaller power might be good for a cargo canoe, motor canoe. Not to mention the gas saved!

Quick Canoe Electric . DIY plywood for for fishing and roofracking

Video: Quick Canoe Electric flying with 2hp Honda outboard

Just for the hell of it, Stephen put a 2hp outboard on the back of his Electric Quick Canoe.

Watch the boat fly in the video. Speed with little or no fuss. Also a discussion of hullforms for different speed ranges.

Quick Canoe Electric Plan, Light, power canoe for trolling motor

Quick Canoe electric is a plywood cargo canoe specifically for an electric trolling motor. 5 to 6mph from a 34lb thrust Minn Kota.

This is a purpose designed low power boat for daytrips and fishing. The plans are $40 and many will be able to build the boat for less than $200.

Excellent video instruction on building a plywood canoe

Instructional Video for Plywood boat and Canoe Building.

One of the best instructional videos on the net. How will Chris Heubert of the creative steampunk website LostWax go building a plywood canoe – he normally builds amazing things out of common materials, provides patterns and “how to” videos.

arthur heading off for 2 weeks in missouri. Quick Canoe builds in a couple of weekends. Cheaper than hiring! storer boat plans

Quick Canoe Plan build in two weekends is light and Pretty

Quick canoe is a 16ft wooden canoe plan in three panels that can be built very fast – It looks like a classic canoe. It hs good stability with excellent weight carrying. It also paddles pretty well for a plywood canoe. The first one took 4.5 hours to build – but thats a Canadian woodworker. I took two weekends.

Mundoo 3 large solar electric cruising boat.

Example of Solar Electric Real World Use – Liveaboard Boat and Cartop Canoe

How useful are Solar and Electric boats anyhow? The large Solar Electric Mundoo 3 was one of the more interesting projects I’ve been involved in. It was the brainchild of Robert Ayliffe, then at Duck Flat Wooden Boats and Ted Dexter. This liveaboard boat was featured on the cover of WoodenBoat magazine at the time and was a tremendous success for the owners who found it fitted their needs perfectly.

eureka plywood canoe plan. Scarf or butt strap join for plywood boats storerboatplans.com

Eureka 155 Canoe Plans, Pretty and Lightweight Tourer

Eureka Plywood Canoes are Light and very Pretty. They also paddle well. Standard build comes out around 45 to 50lbs. But weights of around 34lbs have been achieved with care. Stitch and glue method.

Eureka Canoe has a hollow entry like a classic canoe. storerboatplans.com

FAQ – Designing and building sailing and paddling canoes. Strip vs Plywood

How sailing and paddling canoe shapes differ.

How traditional canoe designs work really well and a lot of modern ones don’t.

Building a canoe – is ply or cedar strip better?

How to build a lightweight canoe – selection of materials – ply vs strip plank and timber species

Books for canoebuilding.

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All Videos – Canoes – Paddle Electric Sail

Canoe Video resource. Paddling canoes, Electric canoes, Sailing Canoes. Drop in rigs to make any canoe work as a sailboat. Videos on building, Paddling and sailing canoes

speed with an electric trolling motor - simple boat designed specifically goes for family picnic

Electric Canoe – Joe’s family picnic on the Snohomish River

Cheap Electric Power and a day sightseeing!

The boat is driven easily at reasonable speed with a small electric trolling motor – some are well under 200 dollars. It doesn’t require a trailer. It comes from three sheets of exterior plywood. Costs are down on every front.

And the family is happy! Snohomish Estuary