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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

“Lead” in sailboat design. Joe self designs a rig.

Joe sent me a question about why his self designed sailing rig for my Electric Quick Canoe design works better if he moves the leeboard forward of the theoretical point for a balanced helm.

He has stumbled upon a nice observation of a design element called “lead” (I lead you … not the metal Lead).

I explain