I pulled mine by myself. Jacked it up and put boards under it to skid it out into the cabin by hand. I hung the vang tackle from a halyard to hoist the motor topside, then hung a snatch block from a piling 2 slips away for an outboard pull. Set it down purty as u please on my finger pier. Then skidded it up the steps to the main pier on a couple of 2x12s. Rocked it on its side to get blocks under it, then tipped it back up onto a 4 wheel dolly and lashed it down. The proud new owner came for it the next day. First time I ever pulled an engine on a sailboat so I was pretty chuffed.
Got your motor and controller picked out yet? I am using a Kelly 500a square wave BLDC controller, a ME0913 motor, and a 48v 220ah bank of Sams club flooded lead acid golf cart batteries. I started out with a ME0201014201 but originally planned to use the ME0907. I liked the specs on the 4201 better. It is wound for slightly slower speeds. Original controller was a 300a model but I upgraded both motor and controller for better heat dissapation and hopefully more top end speed, though speed actually didn't increase much at all due to the characteristics of the batteries. I went with a Baldor 2:1 enclosed gearbox for reduction gear / thrust bearing, and currently still run the original 2 blade folding prop which is my next thing to change out. My fwd/rev and throttle are a single potentiometer mounted on my tiller. The only other user control is the master on/off switch in the engine compartment, which is simply left on all the time as current drain is very low when throttle is at stop. I still have not permanently mounted any meters or tachometer. Maybe I won't even bother.
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