You have two choices. Drop the hook and wait for the tide to turn or turn the boat around and you will be going forward instead of backward. I'm just teasing you. With the flat pitch props on trolling motors you would be lucky to do four knots with no tide. The thrust figures are static thrust. At four knots you would be lucky to get half of that. Thanks. Steve S.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "dougmcq000" <dougmcq000@...> wrote:
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> Considering a pair of trolling motors with 164lbs total thrust - approximately 4HP. Wood sailboat is 5,000 lbs with 20' waterline. Going against a 4 knot current is this boat going to go backwards or forwards?
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> I don't know how to figure this out but I'm sure somebody on this forum can.
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> Thanks,
> Doug
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