MC, I have been thinking about an electric for our M-15. We will probably only be using her on lakes and most of them aren't all that big. I would think if I could get a range of five miles or so, out of it, that should be plenty. I might need two batteries to do this, but I don't have a problem with that as they (their weight) would reside pretty much in the middle of the boat.
What was the thrust rating of the motor you were testing?? The motor I am looking at is rated, 55 lbs thrust. I have a 4 hp 2 stroke to use if I need better range or for a situation with current. But the silence of the electric is appealing for use on the lakes we would normally be sailing on. Rik On Fri, Apr 16 2004 07:02 pm, MC wrote: > today I tried an new variable speed electric trolling motor on a M17, on > still lake, with no air, one person. I got the gauge to reach almost two > knots, its a hang over the side wand type. The meter said it was pulling 47 > amps and at full open it lasted almost two hours. It was very sensitive to > position of the helmsman. approximately 745 watts per one HP, that comes > to only 0.86 HP, two knots seem too high for so small a motor. A ready to > sail M17 I think weighs in at 2200 lbs plus one person. > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
