George Billington
Username: George_billington
Registered: 12-2009
Posted on Wednesday, December 09, 2009 - 09:10 pm:
Greetings Young man, and thanks for the welcome. The motor you mention seems to have plenty of umph, but as you note, as you need an awful lot of battery power - possibly three batteries at 12volt - some weight, plus where would you secure them? I chose my current motor 'cause it was light to carry about, and only needed one x 12volt battery. The other thing was that on the technical bits web site, it is suggested that the motor will push along a boat up to 21 ft LOA. One other advantage to me is that I kept my previous cruiser on a mooring, so the motor was a welcome alternative to rowing! For this I used a 12volt gel filled alarm battery - relatively light! One thing to watch though - an on/off switch in addition to the throttle control is desirable - when fastening the engine to the rowing dinghy, nearly lost a leg several times when we caught the throttle without realising it! Hope that helps anyone reading this - but if you can wait till next April, once I put the baot in the water, I can tell you how this engine performs on the WB