FishMan wrote: Johan, I know very little about electric motors except that you will probably need an extra battery. Being reliant on one battery could lead to a certain amount of paranoia when using the electric And I would question whether you need an electric motor at all. Get rid of the oversized two stroke and replace with a smaller four stroke. Your life will change. I'm not sure what the 3.5m smartwave requires to get it up and moving, but surely a 15 horse four stroke would get it moving? Then you have all those quiet slow speed approaches at your finger tips. Four strokes absolutely purr at slow speeds and completely change how you approach a fish school. Sure, four strokes don't have the same ultra-quiet boat positioning ability that electrics have in skinny water but you're fishing deepish harbour water where you're contending with surface chop and some sort of breeze on most days. In my opinion a four stroke is the better option. |
Tagit wrote: Extrapolating Jokers current numbers above for your motor it looks like you might be running around 10 - 20 amps in normal use... |
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