[Rhodes22-list] Electric Trolling Motors

[John Lock]

At 03:37 PM 8/22/2006 -0400, DCLewis1 at aol.com wrote:
>Has anyone mounted an electric motor on the stern when there is already a
>rudder, swim ladder, and an OB with remote.  What I’m asking is, 
>is there  room
>on the transom or does the electric prop conflict with the rudder?   I’ve
>eyeballed our transom, and I think there is room to fit the motor 
>between  the
>swim ladder and the rudder in an emergency (I could be wrong about  that, I
>haven't actually done it), but I’m worried about chewing up the 
>rudder  and the
>transom.

Check out 
http://www.minnkotamotors.com/products/motors/detail.asp?pg=fem  This 
is an electric prop (or pair of props) designed to mount on an 
outboard's lower-unit.  You'll probably want to re-wire the batteries 
in series to get 24v for a package the size you need to move an 
R22.  Don't know what the batt life would be, but you can bet it's 
not much pushing against any wind or current.  There are salt-water 
versions too.

Cheers!

John

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