Re: [Electric Boats] Torqeedo or MinnKota Edrive

There will always be situations when a motor is insufficient to overcome the forces exerted by the wind, no matter how large and powerful the motor, within reason. Trick is to design for the local usual conditions, don't go out if the forecast exceeds these, and always carry a good anchor and chain.

Sometimes, instead of trying to turn the bow of the boat INTO the wind, it may work to rotate the motor and make that turn by going backwards; alternatively, make a similar turn by going forward and falling off and jibing around.

I know, I know, a corollary to Murphy's Law dictates that this will happen with no maneuvering room inside a marina... been there :-)

JoeS.


On Mar 22, 2015, at 17:35 , Forums forums@greensdomain.com [electricboats] wrote:

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> I have a Torqeedo cruise 4 on my 24 ft pontoon and am very happy with it. Most days (99%) I cruise using 1000-1500 watts so a cruise 2 would be fine. Every now and then (when there's very strong cross winds and I am trying to turn into them), I wish I had more power.
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> Pat
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> On Mar 19, 2015, at 12:15 PM, Ryan Butash rbutash01@yahoo.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
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>> Hello, I am in the process of purchasing an 18ft Pontoon from Apex/Qwest and am trying to decide between the Torqeedo cruise 2.0 or the eDrive. I really like the fact that the torqeedo only needs two batteries. Does anyone have experience with either of the electric outboards?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Ryan
>> Brighton, MI
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>> Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone
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