You don,t run them MT in big water, load the bow down and they do fine. The neat thing about the big canoe is the 21 ft Scott will carry 2000 lbs with a 20 HP about 18 MPH light load or about 12 MPH to 14 heavy load. 20 Gallons of fuel will go for long ways.
My 22 footer with a 20 hp on it carried 1000lb 32 miles across Frances Lake, and burned 9 litres of fuel doing it. That's two gallons.
I have had two moose, a spare 15hp motor, three hunters with a complete camp, and a 10 foot Zodiac inflatable aboard, and travelled in less than a foot of water.
Ted
