michsuzie asked:
I would like to know if I invest in a electric boat motor if I will be stranded on a windy day. Is an electric boat motor compaired to a 9.9 hp gas motor?
I would like to know if I invest in a electric boat motor if I will be stranded on a windy day. Is an electric boat motor compaired to a 9.9 hp gas motor?
Never heard of a electric boat motor,I know they have small bow thrusters that are used for sneaking into spots to target bream
I have looked around on some sites, they have transom mounted thrusters,can’t seem to find enough info,to many options, i would talk to your local boat shop
Alot of it depends on the size of your tinnie,and its weight
Of course the really cheeky answer would be to put a sail up on a windy day and use pure solar power!!
Sorry, I just couldn’t resist.
Electric motors were very quickly banned from drag racing because no fuel engine can compete. A 200 hp electric motor is about two foot long by one foot or so through. An equivalent to 10 hp will be about the size of a roll of toilet paper. (off the top of my head around 6.5 kW?)
The problem will not be the motor, it will be the battery capacity. Huge strides are being made in this field as we speak, but the other issue will be expense. I have seen an eighties model 8 hp Suzuki with the two stroke engine removed and an electric motor grafted on happily planing a small boat with a big bloke on it. It is great fun for an hour and then you plug it in and wait ten hours for it to charge, that’s the only serious problem with it, apart from the cost of batteries in the first place, but if money is not an issue then it is very viable. And yess you could have a generator to back up your batteries, but why not go diesel/electric instead? It is viable too but a lot of simplicity is removed and that is always a negative in practice. The more complicated a system is the more bits there are to fail.
Given the necessity to find alternatives this link is interesting indeed…
Good luck. ^ _ ^
I believe since you referenced the size of a gas motor that you may be talking about an electric trolling motor. Correct? If not I do apologize but if so…
If heading directly into a strong wind you could indeed have problems with a trolling motor not having the power to get you back. Course the same could happen to you with a 9.9 hp gas outboard.
My preference would be to go with the gas outboard just because it will have more power than the trolling motor.
HP is an HP whether it’s electric, gas diesel or steam. That’s the short answer. Length of running time on charge is the limiting factor.
Here are some sites that will give you some specs so you can make an informed decision