Torqeedo 1003 as Kicker/dinghy motor

[zuunami]

croakz, how are you liking that epropulsion motor?? We're thinking of it (or some electric) for our 16' cruiser, just to get us home and maybe going up some rivers. When I say "get us home", I'm talking about from a mile out in the ocean to harbor. Like what I see so far just from YouTube videos...(also looking at the Torqeedo, of course, but the epropulsion seems to have some benefits over the Torqeedo). Your thoughts?

[ssobol]

[zuunami]

ssobol, because we don't intend to go farther out from the harbor than a mile, although I guess if the main quit we could drift quite a bit And the thought with electric was that it had a dedicated battery, easy to charge. But we've done more research today, and we're kind of off on a torqeedo or epropulsion electric. Just don't want to deal with the computer stuff for the price. And really don't want to pay a lot more for something like an Elco electric with a separate battery. So we are back to considering gas (to replace a 9.9 Lehr propane) - now it's what brand, etc. A couple (Suzuki and Tohatsu) have great warranties, but when an authorized service dealer is 4 or more hours away, that's not really a selling point

[croakz]

@zuunami sorry for the late reply.

We haven't really used our E-propulsion motor as we decided to move to a Sea Eagle kayak as our dinghy and the e-prop doesn't really work on that. So it sits in the birth to be an emergency kicker.

If I wasn't getting it to be on our dinghy, I probably go gas for a dedicated kicker. I just wish there were small EFI models.

[zuunami]

croakz, thanks, we're probably going to go gas. But, I can't get the electric out of my mind. Since this boat is new to us, we'll see how she feels when we get out on the water in the spring, and whether an electric would "get us home" with tides, headwind, etc