Hi Peter,

I know most of us deal with currents, tides, big waves, etc., but I’m on small to medium lakes mostly with light winds, and am starting to think the Spirit 1.0 Evo 3hp may be the best thing for me - I’ve only seen this youtube video, haven’t bought one but looks pretty good. I’ve been using a 3.5hp mercury for 6 summers and am rarely on anything more than high idle:

https://youtu.be/zBaYYcIxonM


Larry

> On Feb 11, 2022, at 9:05 PM, peter klappert <koatimundi100 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> A good source on Electric Outboards is plugboats.com. Based on their guide
> to "Outboards more than 5kW," I've (about) decided to replace my Mercury
> 9.9 Bigfoot with the Elco 9.9 electric. I may be well offbase and
> misinformed, but based on my crude calculations an appropriate, sealed
> Lithium battery could be located well forward in the cockpit, in place of a
> 6-gallon gas tank.
> 
> An aside: I just read about interesting but under-powered options in the
> 3/22 SAIL magazine. The TEMO-450 Electric Outboard Wand is basically an
> electric sculling oar that claims to "move a boat up to 1,100 lbs."
> Obviously that would be ok for an RIB or a dinghy, not for us. But the
> convenience & ease of use (as described) makes me fantasize about a small
> Marshall Cat.
> 
> The other is a REMIGOONE Electric Outboard from Slovenia, "comparable to a
> 3 hp gas engine," which weights 27 lbs & has an adjustable mount.  My point
> is just that electric outboards are coming at us fast, so to speak.
> Europeans seem to be way ahead of us, both in innovative electric outboards
> and electric power boats like the foiling Candela C8.
> 
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