[Rhodes22-list] Electric Trolling Motors

[Bob Fletcher]

What about sculling, (with a sculling oar, not just the rudder), as a motor 
backup instead of a trolling motor?  Rik Sandberg mentioned using a sculling 
oar to slip quietly out of a mooring in an April 2005 posting.  Any other 
experience?

There is a comptrehensive discussion of sculling techniques and tools in a 
1991 "Wooden Boat" article you can get to at 
www.simplicityboats.com/ScullYulohaboat.htm.

Bob Fletcher


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Meltzer" <mjm at michaelmeltzer.com>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 5:49 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Electric Trolling Motors


> It a sailboat, use the sails and trust/build your skill.... get a good
> anchor...and a "us boat tow card", will cover many more cases,
>
> -mjm
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:rhodes22-list-
>> bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of DCLewis1 at aol.com
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 3:37 PM
>> To: rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Electric Trolling Motors
>>
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> Another appeal to the list for wisdom and experience.  It's occurred  to
>> me
>> that it might be useful to carry an electric trolling motor onboard in
>> case
>> our OB fails.  My sense is that electric trolling motors are simple,
>> compact,
>> and reliable - I could see storing one under the cockpit seats, or
>> perhaps the
>> laz.  If my perceptions regarding electric trolling motors are  wrong
>> (simple, compact, reliable), would someone with experience please correct
>> me.
>>
>> If anyone has experience with electric trolling motors on their R22, I've
>> got a few questions:
>>
>> I've looked at electric trolling motors, of course they come in different
>> sizes and have different max thrusts, but the smallest, lightest, etc 
>> I've
>> found
>>  are rated at 30 lb thrust.  I have no idea how 30 lb thrust relates to
>> the
>> R22, does anyone?  Is it useful at all?  How many kts in flat sea with 
>> no
>> wind?
>>
>> I imagine if you had 30 lb thrust, and you were on a river, say the
>> Potomac,
>> you could make 1/2 mi to shore.  I'm not thinking of going  up-river, or
>> necessarily back to your slip, I'm thinking in terms of just  getting off
>> the
>> river and out of trouble. Any experience that would say that's  wrong?
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> If you had an electric trolling motor, say the type with 30 lb thrust,
>> about
>> how far can you get, on 2 standard auto batts?  I can do the
>> Amp-Hr(batts)/Amp(motor) trick, but I don't know how that translates to
>> distance.
>>
>> Thanks for any info or experience on this topic.
>>
>> Dave
>>
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