Trolling motor on a paddle boat

[Sparkplug]

I'm wanting to put a trolling motor on a paddle boat. We have a 17 acre pond and when it is windy it is difficult to get it back to the dock.


Any advice/suggestions

 

[Acylum]

 

[Gorm]

 

[00clone]

Methinks that while there's a lot of trolling going on around here, it may be that not many of us are experts at trolling motors, per say.

 

[Rabbuk]

Don't paddle boat while windy?

 

[pulse]

Buy a sailboat?

 

[BCClone]

Do some squats.

 

[nfrine]

 

[00clone]

<heads to the kitchen to get a pen and a piece of paper to start making a list>

 

[clonebb]

Hit the gym.

 

[madguy30]

Oars/paddles.

 

[Sparkplug]

Hit the gym.

One person currently has broken ankle so running at 75%

 

[1100011CS]

Is that picture the actual paddle boat? Looks like a small pontoon.

 

[livinthedream]

Use 2 metal "L"brackets and a chunk of green treated 2x8. Don't get a trolling motor with less than 50 lbs of thrust. Mount a battery box centered behind the rear seat. They make a deep cycle battery thats half the size of a normal one, I'd get one of those for this project, for weight and space saving.

 

[isu22andy]

Here some actual advice instead of those hammerheads above me - Buy a deep cell battery not just a car battery - I have an optima on my boat after using multiple junk bomgaars brand deep cycles, the optimas are really worth the hype. I have a 40 lb thrust on my aluminum john boat that fits in the back of the truck, its plenty and gets me around just fine. That said I wish a 55-60 lb thrust - no one ever said "Gee I wish this trolling motor had less power"

 

[Sparkplug]

Is that picture the actual paddle boat? Looks like a small pontoon.

Yes

 

[Acylum]

Is that picture the actual paddle boat? Looks like a small pontoon.

Towing a small child behind doesn't help matters either.

 

[ISUcyclones11]

Towing a small child behind doesn't help matters either.

Why not just have the child use his legs as the trolling motor?

 

[Acylum]

Why not just have the child use his legs as the trolling motor?

Child labor laws.

 

[GTO]

Thought this thread was going to be about "motor boating". Disappointing.