Effects of Boat's Design On Paddling

[JEM]

I tinkered with the lines I drew and I figure if you made your boat with a 30" bottom, max beam at 38" and made it a skiff shape with tumblehome panel, you could get your displacement target in 11'6 that handles ok and could be paddled.

Just a sketch.

 

[seedtick]

Hey Bee,

If you want, give me a call one afternoon and come by and we'll pull my Dad's old bateau out and put it in my pond for you to paddle

it's 14' long with with a 2' bottom, Dad built it for fly fishing in the days before trolling motors were invented

it won't paddle as quite well as a skiff, but you get see the difference in it and your gator

 

[beekeeper]

Hey Bee,

If you want, give me a call one afternoon and come by and we'll pull my Dad's old bateau out and put it in my pond for you to paddle

Thanks "seed" or is it "tick" for the paddle and class on boat design and construction. Its really great how you share with others. Your Dad's boat is a real Jewel and treasure. I now have even more ideas to digest and sort out, but I'm getting there. Probably next step is to build something.

beekeeper