T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Torqeedo stops production of the Travel 401 and 801 models.

Friday, May 6, 2011

Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Torqeedo stops production of the Travel 401 and 801 models.

The outboard is made by ParSun, and can be purchased from Thunderstruck Motors. They have several in stock. www.thunderstruck-ev.com.

The ParSun uses a Mars motor and controller, both cooled by cold plates. ParSun also sells a remote throttle, similar to the old Mercury single lever unit, also available at TS.

Be Well,

Arby

--- On Fri, 5/6/11, Richard <rwsandersii@hotmail.com> wrote:

From: Richard <rwsandersii@hotmail.com>
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Torqeedo stops production of the Travel 401 and 801 models.
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, May 6, 2011, 7:00 AM

Steve,
I was going to pass a link because SolidNav had an outboard shown on their site, but the site is gone. Anyone know what happened?

I hope they aren't gone. After a lot of comparison shopping when I selected their motor, it really appeared to be the best for the money. The comparable system from Mastervolt is about twice the price.

Richard

--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Steve" <sstuller@...> wrote:
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> Am I the only person on the planet earth wondering why Torqeedo stopped manufacturing the Travel 401 and Travel 801 motors? The new models 503 and 1003 have been reduced to dinghy motors because they cannot be connected to external batteries and the 1003 cannot use the high thrust prop that was on the 801 because of its' higher RPMs. At almost $2000 the 503 and 1003 are just too expensive if their only use is as a dinghy motor. Thanks. Steve S.
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