[Rhodes22-list] Saildrive

[Tom Van Heule]

Celia, Patrick,
I for one would love to see pics. They say so many words!!  Sounds really
special


On Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 10:23 PM CPBoyce <cp.boyce at comcast.net> wrote:

> More on Take Five...the Torqeedo motor is the Cruise 4.0 pod system,
> powered
> by two lithium ion batteries, for a propulsive equivalent to gasoline of
> 8hp. Stan mounted the two batteries in series under the starboard cockpit
> seat. This cuts down on storage, but better I think than having to store
> cans of gasoline. Also the weight of the two batteries (about 120 pounds)
> causes the boat to list to starboard unless you counterbalance it on the
> port side. I used four 25 pound barbell weights for that, since they are
> compact space wise. We keep her in the watet at Swantown Marina in Olympia.
> The well in the lazarette did not have anti fouling paint at first and a
> year later it was clogged with critters. Almost could not lower the pod.
> But
> after having that painted just need to remember to lift the pod out of the
> water after use, which also saves on anode wear. Range fully charged is
> about 25 miles at 3 knots unless fighting the tide. We also have a smaller
> Torqeedo Travel 1003 with extra batteries that, though a bit underpowered
> for this boat, can still move her another 20 miles using all the batteries
> if necessary. In Puget Sound we're never more than 8 or 10 miles from a
> marina with dock power. Will post photos of the motor if you want.
> Patrick Boyce
>
>
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