Can anyone share their experience in using a trolling motor as the primary auxiliary pusher on a light weight catamaran?
I bought a Stiletto 27 this weekend. Weighs in at about 1200 pounds with some gear in it, more of course with passengers. Two long skinny hulls that draw about 9 inches. It currently has a 8hp Honda 4 stroke on it that only needs to run at idle / low throttle to push the boat into the wind. Of course, I'd like to get rid of the "gas stink pot" and go electric.
Looking at Minn Kota models they come in ranges of 30 up to 100 pounds of thrust, 12 volt to 36 volt supplies, Variable speed "maximizer" vs. 5 forward speed & 2 reverse speeds, salt water vs. fresh water, bow mount vs. transom mount. I have 4 AGM 48AH batteries from another project, so I'm set for any battery combination. Being a catamaran with a 14' wide max beam, and 8' wide across the rear deck of the rigid floor cockpit, it might be great to have two motors, one on each side spread apart so that it would drive like the big cats with twin separated screws. I'd have to devise a way to rewire both throttle controls to a central mounted dual shifter control unit.
Ken Rogers, in Fort Worth
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