Thankfully, I'm on an inland lake - so I don't have to worry about BIG waves. I suspect that I'd be ok once I get going. The thing I'm concerned about most is if a 5HP outboard has enough power to pull me out of the slip and maintain steerage in reverse into a 20mph wind when I'm trying to back out of the slip.
John
From: Kevin Pemberton <pembertonkevin@gmail.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Electric Outboards?
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Saturday, August 11, 2012 1:52 AM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Electric Outboards?
Hi John,
Myles has done this and there are other sites on the net.
What you will need is a long(sail shaft) outboard. I mounted an outboard on a catalina 30. The only way I could keep the prop in the water was with a special mount to connect the dink to push the Catalina. I would suggest an inboard solution to avoid the problems you will have in heavy water.
On 08/10/2012 09:39 AM, Steve wrote:
Myles has done this and there are other sites on the net.
What you will need is a long(sail shaft) outboard. I mounted an outboard on a catalina 30. The only way I could keep the prop in the water was with a special mount to connect the dink to push the Catalina. I would suggest an inboard solution to avoid the problems you will have in heavy water.
On 08/10/2012 09:39 AM, Steve wrote:
The Torqeedo 2.0 cruise would push a Catalina 30 just fine. We have one on a 22 foot duffy cruiser gets us around at 6 knots cruise all day on 5 x 6volt johnson wet cells.
Steve
--- In mailto:electricboats%40yahoogroups.com, "john" mailto:oak_box@... wrote:
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> Are there any electric outboards out there that have more than the 5HP equivalent? For example, anything that could push a Catalina 30?
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> Are there any directions for taking an old 20HP outboard, removing the gas powerhead, and replacing it with an electric motor and controller?
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> Thanks!
> John
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