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Trolling Motor Powered RACE CANOE?!?!
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<blockquote data-quote="AlumaDude" data-source="post: 113380" data-attributes="member: 2083"><p>So I'm bored tonight, and too lazy to work on my sick Johnson outboard or my Malibu drag car project. I'm looking around and I spot my forgotten trolling motor in the corner. The GEARS started turning in my head. I'm planning on buying a canoe (Alumacraft 17' with square stern) and I thought "I wonder what kind of trolling motor power would be required to make this Canoe REALLY FLY around"? :twisted: (safety not an issue outside of life jackets etc...)? 28 pounds of thrust, 55? Can a trolling motor make ANY boat plane??? What do you think? I may have to divert some of my Malibu fund to experiment. I mean think about it... A sporty fishing vessel that requires NO fuel and can travel in shallow water on almost any body of water??? I'm thinkin along the lines of 50hp on a 10ft boat (you get the idea; stupid power to weight ratio)... I'm curious.</p><p></p><p>General info question though. Would a 55pound thrust motor push a boat around FASTER than a 30pound trust motor on the same boat (assuming identical prop specs?)???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AlumaDude, post: 113380, member: 2083"] So I'm bored tonight, and too lazy to work on my sick Johnson outboard or my Malibu drag car project. I'm looking around and I spot my forgotten trolling motor in the corner. The GEARS started turning in my head. I'm planning on buying a canoe (Alumacraft 17' with square stern) and I thought "I wonder what kind of trolling motor power would be required to make this Canoe REALLY FLY around"? :twisted: (safety not an issue outside of life jackets etc...)? 28 pounds of thrust, 55? Can a trolling motor make ANY boat plane??? What do you think? I may have to divert some of my Malibu fund to experiment. I mean think about it... A sporty fishing vessel that requires NO fuel and can travel in shallow water on almost any body of water??? I'm thinkin along the lines of 50hp on a 10ft boat (you get the idea; stupid power to weight ratio)... I'm curious. General info question though. Would a 55pound thrust motor push a boat around FASTER than a 30pound trust motor on the same boat (assuming identical prop specs?)??? [/QUOTE]
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