[Rhodes22-list] Electric 9.9hp outboards

[Tom Van Heule]

I didn't consider reverse.... Although I am lucky enough to push off the
dock instead of reverse.  We only use forward 99 percnt of the time.

I might need a service , but my throttle is too lazy sensitive to use for
fine throttle adjustment.  Hence I'd like electric, aside/ontop the
environmental stuff.

What I don't like is having to hook up the tiller<> motor linkage if I whim
to drop in the outboard.  It would be fancy, admittedly, to only have to
juice the throttle smoothly. Dropping the motor takes time too. (Read
engineering challenge for an adjustable linkage to the tiller for dropping
the motor)

Alas we have zero problems with the 8hp 4 stroke functioning, it could be
smoother.

HTH, or is fun to read,
Tom

On Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 3:19 PM Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tom,
>
> Good point.  The Elco uses a 6' battery cable so that should get the
> battery as far forward in the cockpit as gas tanks are.  Elco also doesn't
> require one of their dealers to install it.
>
> The ePropulsion saildrive would be hard to steer backing up.   I've asked
> whether 2 of their 3hp equiv saildrives would give me the thrust I need as
> they have a nice dual throttle controller.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rick Lange
>
>
> On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 9:58 AM Tom Van Heule <
> tom.vanheule at intrinsicprograms.com> wrote:
>
> > Isnt the 4stroke 8hp 75lbs plus, add the gas tank(s)... Probably at 100
> > already.
> >
> > I would prefer more details on the saildrive, although that's a big
> design
> > change.
> >
> > I recall some folks had the smaller portable electrics, but we're only on
> > inland water, where the 4hp equivalent was recommended.
> >
> > 150+ pounds of thrust should be fine, 1hp=22lbs....
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 7:13 AM Goodness <spreadgoodnews at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Epropulsion is best
> > >
> > > > On Jul 11, 2021, at 3:36 PM, Rick Lange <sloopblueheron at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm looking at two possibilities:  the Elco 9.9 and the Navy 6.0.
> > Both
> > > > would be 100# of transom weight including the smallest lithium 48v
> > > battery
> > > > that would last a few hours.  That seems pretty heavy for the R22.
> > > >
> > > > Has anyone adopted either of these options?
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Rick Lange
> > >
> >
>