Design
Montana Guide Boat
Designed by Paul Butler
Based on an old market hunter's boat for river bottoms and sheltered lakes, the Montana Guide Boat is a light double ender of 11 ft 6 in that weighs under 60 lb. Butler pitches it for fishing, waterfowling and general knocking about. It can be rowed with short oars, paddled, poled, or pushed by a trolling motor on a side mount, and some builders cut one end off for a transom.
There is room for two to sit or one adult to recline, and it floats in about 4 in of water with a 250 lb load. The low profile is easy to hide in reeds, and the graphite and epoxy bottom lets one person drag it on a tether over ramps and rocks. The plans are a 39 page booklet of text, drawings and photos.
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| Bevin's Skiff | Chesapeake Light Craft | 11′ 8″ (3.56 m) | 0 |