Torqeedo 1003 as Kicker/dinghy motor

I've been filling my head with info about the Torqueedo travel (and the epropulsion spirit 1.0)
I have one single question I don't seem to see:

what length shaft do you have for using it as a functional kicker motor straight on the back of the 22 cruiser transom? (i'll also be using it on the west marine PRU 3 of course)

thanks
 
For an electric outboard the shaft length is measured from the top of the clamp plate (on the transom) to the center of. the prop shaft. On my 1003--earlier version of 1103, with smaller battery.-- it is 62.5 cm. This propelled my Caracal Cat and C Dory 22 easily. However, the Caracal has the mount on the swim step--avout equal to the transom--and uses a mid shaft length motor. The same on the 22, but on an articulating/lowering mount

On the dinghy I think you would really have a problem with shallow water. The 62.5 CM shaft has to be pulled up all of the way when you beach the dinghy--and is lower. in the water than a 15" short shaft outboard engine.

We have 7 years use, and the battery seems to be holding up well. We only ran it down more than 50% one time--and that was when we had the medical emergency at Powell and a boater had to be medeviced out. There we ran the motor at full speed for several miles with two in the boat. Probably total of 8 miles that day before charging and the battery was at about 20%.

In the mean time several of our friends converted over to the Toqeedo from gas outboards, because of difficulty starting, fuel issues etc.
 
it sounds like to be able to tilt it out of the water fully on the dinghy I need the short shaft but to get it low enough in the water to function well on the transom of the 22 I'll be looking at getting an adjustable bracket because with a short shaft it'll sit high in the water.

I guess I was hoping for a compromise shaft length
that would work on both transoms without boat modifications.
 
Even if the blades are not fully below the transom, they will propel the boat forward fairly well. Reverse--will not work, and in the Torqeedo the reverse is turning the motor around 180*. I have not tried the 62.5" shaft directly on the transom of the 25. It would be fairly easy for me to take it out to the boat and see where it sits in reference to the bottom of the boat, and how far out from the hull.
 
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?
 
zuunami":rixu5at9 said:
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?
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How do you know you'll only be a mile out from the harbor when the main engine quits?

Problem I see is you are limping home and then battery runs down? What do you do? With a gas kicker you have more available options if you run it out of gas.
 
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 :)
 
@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.
 
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 :)
 
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