Howabout, instead of a paddle wheel you make a paddle track! Like a tank ttack or a snowmobile belt with paddles attached. Paddles would the travel the length of the boat between the pontoons and back under the deck. You have the option of making the paddles shorter ie not so deep and narrower than a paddle wheel. The paddles would be more efficient as they would be at right angles to the water surface for the whole length of the hull instead of only at the bottom of the stroke on a paddle wheel.
Just a thought!
George
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I am planning a paddlewheel boat for use on British narrow canals. She will be 23'6" long (maximum to tow on a trailer behind a private car) 7' beam, with a catamaran hull so the the centre mounted wheel does not project below the bottom of the hull (draft 1',) but has a good flow of water to the wheel.
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