[Rhodes22-list] Electric 9.9hp outboards

[Rick Lange]

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
> >
>