Nomad Willy
Guru
Canoe was what I was thinking about. 19' square stern; moves out right smartly with the 5-hp 2-stroke. Quieter would be better. I kinda wonder if an electric trolling motor with some kind of solar charger would work over long-ish distances... but paddling, mostly, with the motor being more like an auxiliary... or an "I'm tired, but we gotta keep moving for a while."
-Chris
I thought of using my power freight canoe as a dinghy. She's 18' X 40" wide and 17" deep. Here it's shown w 3hp and 8hp. Work's well w either. With the 8hp one can chose quiet and fairly slow (8 knots ?) or much faster w wind in face. Three hp goes much much faster than a rubber duckie w 5hp.
It would be a bit of windage on the cabin top though.