Powerful motor on a canoe

[@thomaswalters5519]

I like your water bladder idea in the front. I restored a 74 Lowe canoe and use a E- propulsion motor and get 6 mph with it. When my son is not with me I use two 50 pound sand bags up front.

[@Ralphcanoeingadventures]

@@thomaswalters5519 I used to use sandbag. This water bladder works very well. No more carrying heavy bags. Thanks for the comment .

[@leeparker9436]

I put the trolling motor battery in the front, and the trolling motor in the front mounted to a regular canoe motor mount that clamps on to the canoe. I sit in the back to use the 5hp gas to get where i'm going and then walk to the front to fish and use the trolling motor. It balances well for me alone with the battery and trolling motor up front. 17ft Grumman sq stern

[@Ralphcanoeingadventures]

@leeparker9436 that sounds like a great setup. Mine is a Grumman square stern also. Great mines think alike. 😉

[@leeparker9436]

@Ralphcanoeingadventures I really like the spray skirts on your canoe, I wish mine had them. I don't know if they work or not, but they greatly enhance the canoes appearance in my opinion.

[@Ralphcanoeingadventures]

@@leeparker9436 they work great. I thought all square stern canoes had them. So the water on yours crawls up the sides?

[@Ralphcanoeingadventures]

@leeparker9436 if you look at some of my videos, you'll see it inaction.

[@leeparker9436]

@Ralphcanoeingadventures No, mine works fine without them no issues, I just think the spray skirts look better than without them. I bought my canoe new in 1994 and they did not have the spray skirts then. My hull thickness is slightly thinner than yours also as Grumman used a thinner gauge aluminum in the mid 1990's on some models.