Huh? that boat of Farrar's is long and skinny with (I believe) an 85 HP punp on it. It is more of a Mckenzie dory, extended. John stays at a hotel just around the corner, and I see his boat almost daily from my office window when he's on the Skagit

I looked at both the links provided for the Stealth and the boat at Brown Sledding. Both are just smaller and narrower sleds with a high rise on the bow. If you look at the pics both are square and flat at the transon, like a true dory design. Trying to pull plugs (with oars) in one of those would be a mankiller, even with the bow pointed upriver. It has a 48" bottom (inside), so I would lose 9" over the 57" interior of the Clacka. I agree with B-Run..not a good DB and not a good sled.

I think I'll just find a nice healthy electric kicker and mount it on the back of the DB.

Strike Zone and Bob both had sound wisdom to share...getting a DB over 10 mph. might be a bit hazardous to ones health...I bet it would handle like a 747 at stall speed!

Still...it's a cool idea to think about. Be so nice to plug a slot, fire up the 200 horse pump and cruise back upriver a mile or so to another hole

...but then, if wishes were fishes we would all have limits!

Mike