Big Y stern....

[Canotrouge]

Good day all, I am thinking of building(maybe) the “ultimate” river and lakes hunting canoe! And I need plans..... I want something at least 20’ and max 22’, it would have to be deep, minimum 18” center depth and something like 24” bow depth with a beam of 40+” and at least 38” at 4” waterline. I don’t want to put a big motor on it and I want a Y stern so I can still somewhat paddle it and most likely pole it up stream on smaller shallower rivers! I would love to find plans or some one that could make such plans?!?!
any thoughts?
cheers

 

[memaquay]

I built a big 20 foot canoe that could be easily adapted as a y-stern. There are pics in this thread. https://www.canoetripping.net/forum...45-where-to-find-plans-for-large-family-canoe The website where I got the plans is down, but he has a facebook site where you could contact him. https://www.facebook.com/Cedar-Stri...ing-135105586560927/photos/?ref=page_internal It's called the Outback 200. It's around 42 inches across, if I remember correctly and about 16 inches deep. Paddles very nicely. I currently have a side mounted 2 horse on it, and it goes like greased lightening.

Here's a pic with the side mount. It is riding a little low, but you would not have believed the load that was in it at that time. My buddy driving it is a big fella too. I think if you just used the last station as a transom, and added .75 inches to every station, you would have a pretty nice Y-stern.

 

[Jim Dodd]

Most any strip built plan, can be modified for a Y- stern.

Check with BWCA66. I sold him plans and rough cut forms for a Voyageur type canoe, designed by Albert Gustaveson, the original owner of North West Canoe.
Designed to be built 24-26'

I think this would fit your bill.

Jim

 

[ppine]

One thing we have learned about small boats is that if you want to push it with an outboard you should add some fullness in the aft section. Adding a transom is a good idea.
I have an 8 hp Honda on my drift boat. It has a nice transom, but it is fairly narrow aft. Underway, the boat tends to squat, and raise the bow in the air.

A freight canoe can be paddled, but I would design it to be run under power first and to paddle second. If you are stuck on a Y shaped stern then that is fine. Remember that we had this discussion about fullness in the arse end.

 

[Fitz]

My tripping bud has a 20 foot Chestnut Y-stern that we restored. It motors really well. He only uses a 3 HP kicker motor on it and it goes great. It has carried day trip gear, nine people and two dogs comfortably. We are likely taking it on a trip in a few weeks. I will report back.

 

[ppine]

As an example, there are now boats called power drifters being made. They look like a drift boat except they have transoms that are 3 feet wide. A regular narrow transom DB is rated for 10 hp but only needs about 5. A power drifter can handle 40 hp and planes.

Freight canoes are amazing craft and I have never even seen one except in photos and video. For the big lakes and large rivers like the Yukon they seem like just the thing. I would still love to have one.