Canoe? Kayak? Rowboat? NuCanoe!

The guy is sitting backwards for trolling. Turn that seat around and they may have something good.

Row boats make excellent trollers with great lure action as a bonus.

Depends on what you are doing with it.  Some may like to have the bow facing downsteam in a river situation.  But as mickfish pointed out, you can go both ways.

-Allen

Looks heavy, how much it weigh?  Beats the old rowboats at Lafayette reservoir 

Mickfish,

Market that as a troller with rear rod holders/down rigger board and they may have a winner. Could be very fast with that oar set-up and do rivers nicely.

And if you had a SOT (with quick drainage) mounted with those oars it might be a very capable surf launcher. Seems there would be much more power and speed in those oars vs paddle. 

They just need to get the fisherman facing toward the back or I don't see much utility. They just might not like the IMAGE of the guy facing toward the back and people calling it a row boat....

Looks good for pulling plugs for salmon/steelhead  .

Looks good for pulling plugs for salmon/steelhead  .

yes, but not much else IMHO

Allen,

Good point on the bow facing downstream in a river drift situation.

Mickfish,

Market that as a troller with rear rod holders/down rigger board and they may have a winner. Could be very fast with that oar set-up and do rivers nicely.

And if you had a SOT (with quick drainage) mounted with those oars it might be a very capable surf launcher. Seems there would be much more power and speed in those oars vs paddle. 

They just need to get the fisherman facing toward the back or I don't see much utility. They just might not like the IMAGE of the guy facing toward the back and people calling it a row boat....

I agree I was referring to Ron's statement that the pontoon boat is much more versatile I don't see that at all

Allen,

Good point on the bow facing downstream in a river drift situation.

I don't see that I would much rather have the bow facing upstream, it would drift slower much easier to avoid strainers/rocks and row back up to redrift a section. I guess if you were going though a lot of standing waves or making time though frog water it would be good to have the bow downstream although I don't see that bow keeping much water out of the boat.

Allen,

Good point on the bow facing downstream in a river drift situation.

I don't see that I would much rather have the bow facing upstream, it would drift slower much easier to avoid strainers/rocks and row back up to redrift a section. I guess if you were going though a lot of standing waves or making time though frog water it would be good to have the bow downstream although I don't see that bow keeping much water out of the boat.

Which way does a drift boat face?  Pointy end forward. Why?

-Allen

To deflect standing waves the pointy end is the stern most driftboats are essentially double enders they just flattened the bow to mount an anchor or OB.

Thanks Mickfish,

I actually like the idea of this boat! I just wonder how solid/tight/light that rowing set-up would be.

I'm sure people scoffed at the Hobie Mirage Drive when it was new   

I've seen one-man sculling boats on Lake Natoma. I've had to get out of their way fast because they flat-out can move. Blow the doors off my Adventure. If this canoe/kayak/row boat has even a remote similarity to them in the speed department then that alone would be marketable.

If they could come up with a SOT version with dual seat well arrangement for forward/backward facing etc. -  I might be very interested in the main-lake troller/surf launcher version.

To deflect standing waves the pointy end is the stern most driftboats are essentially double enders they just flattened the bow to mount an anchor or OB.

Yup!  And what this picture show?

-Allen

Whens the Demo?

If they could come up with a SOT version with dual seat well arrangement for forward/backward facing etc. -  I might be very interested in the main-lake troller/surf launcher version.

You can put 2 seats in it.  They are just on a rail system.  That's why you see pictures of forward and backward, they just change seat placement.  But they are also designed for a tandem configuration.

-Allen

Whens the Demo?

Trying to get them at the Berry Event, with their rowing system.  I'll show them this thread so they see the interest.

-Allen