Re: [electricboats] Pocket Trawler Electrification

Great news on power output. I had assumed that the design was limited but hearing about lots of headroom is good. Running the smaller prop reduces thrust and thus current draw. Posdibly using the largest prop will require the higher voltage? Also was not aware of different props for these. Thank you.

I am now seeing very creditable competition coming out of PRC. Fuber make all sorts of drives going to above 100kw. They also produce 1.5, 3, 6 kw drives including pods.

I dont need power like this for my 8m sailing boat and am buying a Haswings 2500w drive that is very happy with a 24v supply.

Best regards

Lee Eldridge

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On 29 Jan 2026, at 07:52, bobkart via groups.io <couch45=msn.com@groups.io> wrote:



I have the outboard version of the Pod 6.0 Evo under discussion.

 

The motor controller will indeed supply the full 6kW to the motor regardless of battery voltage.  According to specs, at 42V it will step down to only allowing half power.  I've only been there once (intentionally running it out near shore as an experiment) and it quickly went from there to not allowing any power, so I can't attest to the specified behavior.

 

Maximum prop RPM is 1,500.  Available prop pitches are 8.5", 8.7", and 10.8".  The 8.7" prop is aluminum, the others are polymer.  I use the 10.8" prop and get 10+ knots with two passengers.  More like 7+ knots with four passengers.

 

I've had no issues running at full power for over an hour straight.