I was out over the weekend, and was only using my Motorguide 55# thrust trolling motor. In calms, it would push the boat to a max of 2.7 knots on the GPS (inland lake with no tide or current). A 15 knot headwind....an occasional whitecap.....would stop it dead. For safety reasons, I'm going to stick with the 4 HP outboard.
Howard M17, #278 "Audasea" On 4/17/04 3:10 PM, "Honshells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm no electrician, but I thought I'd weigh in because I've used a 55 lbs > thrust Minn Kota on my M17. I > believe you might get your 5 miles out of one standard-sized deep-cycle, > because 5 miles was more or less my > range with the heavier 17'. I don't have a knotmeter, nor GPS (I mostly > daysail, and I'm poor), so I can't > tell you how fast the electric pushed me. I can give you the "nephew" index, > though. I moved fast enough > that my nephews enjoyed being dragged behind the boat under silent power. I'm > obviously not talkin' planing > inner-tubes here, but kids in lifejackets with ropes around their waists, > enjoying the novelty and finding > out, to their surprise, that the boat was moving faster than they could swim. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rik Sandberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "MC" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, April 17, 2004 9:14 AM > Subject: more on electric drive on M17 > > 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
