Abstract: An undershot current motor is provided wherein a horizontal drive shaft is mounted on a float moored or anchored in moving water, the drive shaft being transverse to the moving water below, the drive shaft having at least two sets of 3-bladed paddle assemblies affixed thereon, wherein the blades are driven by the moving water and power is generated at the drive shaft. This new current motor may be used in tidal water or in continuously moving water, such as a river or stream, to generate power for producing electricity, for example.