Birth of a New Boat

Our Background

Hi, I'm Charlie and I love boating.  As soon as I could drive I bought my first boat. It had an old outboard and didn't start half the time.  Over the years I restored many boats each one bigger and faster than the last, and more damaging to me and the lake.  But the best part of my day on the water was when we got to our cove, enjoyed lunch and went swimming.  When I killed the engine, I was at peace on the water.  Years later, my wife and I we're expecting our first child, so I sold the speed boat and bought a canoe.  With my pregnant wife watching her father and I on a cool fall day, we flipped the canoe.  This would not work with a new baby, so I built an outrigger for stability and installed a trolling motor and battery on the canoe.  Now we could experience that peace on the water with no fumes and no damage to the Lake.  When our girl was born, the Outrigger fit our family of 4 plus gear.  We wanted to share the fun and bring our friends out with us, so I purchased a second canoe and made a catamaran.  We installed trampoline material between the boats and put two solar panels on the back… The Catacanoe was born!  We have now enjoyed 7 years on our Catacanoe with friends and family.  The boat has been the main attraction at many birthday parties, and kids and adults love it.  Every time we went out people asked us about our unique boat.  I knew it was time to offer this safe, eco-friendly, and fun boat to the world, so we developed Current Motorworks.