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With the canoe you show, you have the best of both worlds, a perfect paddeling canoe, and with the side mounted motor, a means of power.


Agreed, and even a 2 hp motor will push a 17 foot canoe at efficient hull speeds (about 3 mph), anything faster than that and the otherwise efficient canoe shape quickly becomes noisy and less stable as it tries to plane. With motors that small and light, putting them off to one side also makes them far more convenient to operate while facing forwards.

Birdwatcher

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