Skiff

My name is Mayuko Phillips

I want to find the best skiff design to tow behind an electric bike or scooter please?

 

And how do you define best?
That is to say, what do you consider "best"?
Thanks

 

The tow vehicle is as relevant as the design.

Repost more about the design needs.

 

Consult the manufacturer of that bike or scooter. They'll probably tell you not to tow anything with it. Then look into the reasons that it's a bad idea.

 

Why tow the additional dead weight and deal with the complications of a trailer? If you are willing to use an inflatable boat, it may not necessary to tow anything, as it can be packed into bike bags, boxes, or racks. Consider a search under pack in boats, the One Man versions can weigh as little as 1.5 lb and take up the space of a loaf of bread. Some versions are even rated for Rough River Rapids.

 

Towing a trailer with a manual or electric bike is comm9n practice. Near my house is a walking or biking, paved, trail. I see more than a few trailer or sidecar rigs hauling babies, dogs, and other things.

To choose a boat and trailer; first the trailer. It must be light weight, it needs bicycle wheels or other lightweight wheels of fairly large diameter. The boat must also be light weight. One of the polyethylene dinghies or skiffs such as the West marine offerings would work well enough. . The danger with a trailer rig is that the trailer and its contests affect the brakes of the bike. It takes a lot longer distance to stop such a rig as it would for the bike alone.

 

Ah bike brakes are getting pretty impressive. Ive seen modern budget brakes stop chubby dudes on e bikes, a non trivial task. My new road bike even has big rotors and hydraulic brakes, if it can stop me (essentially a large sasquatch looking dude pedaling furiously down hills) it can stop a normal person and boat. My first runs on my firebird were sketchy, went way faster downhill than my skills could dictate. The modern multi caliper brakes and big rotors shed heat and stopped my fat keister surprisingly well. Im over 300lbds on the bike with my camelback, on brakes that aren't wildly expensive. My bet is the limiting factor would be the rider and what they are willing to exert.

The packraft combo is a solid option. Some folks in my wifes social circle do rafts and bikes all over the place from epic bike and raft trips in Utah to the gulf of Alaska beach ride from yakutat to cordova. Gotta be tougher than I want to be, but no denying how well it works.

 

And then there's also bike rafting,

Bikerafting: A Beginner’s Guide https://bikepacking.com/plan/bikerafting-guide/