Seastoke
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Does anyone have an above outboard and what is the thoughts.
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PalmaTarga
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we've got one and it does the job well. I had my doubts, but have been proven wrong.
Will happily ferry 3 adults back and forth in a 2.7m alu Rib Eye). Probably similar to a 3.hp. It is silent, so I make sure the kids rip the kill cord off if they're anywhere near someone in the water. The battery will easily last a couple of hours.
It's very light, easy and hassle free. Very unlike our old Williams. An issue I have with it is the tilt mechanism latch is pretty cheap, and doesn't engage with a click-in, click-out, so if you forget to lock it in when you've lowered the prop you can get some kick back.
Will happily ferry 3 adults back and forth in a 2.7m alu Rib Eye). Probably similar to a 3.hp. It is silent, so I make sure the kids rip the kill cord off if they're anywhere near someone in the water. The battery will easily last a couple of hours.
It's very light, easy and hassle free. Very unlike our old Williams. An issue I have with it is the tilt mechanism latch is pretty cheap, and doesn't engage with a click-in, click-out, so if you forget to lock it in when you've lowered the prop you can get some kick back.
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YellowPeril
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I've had one for three years and it continues to serve us very well. Back then it had certain advantages (to me) over the equivalent Torqeedo, but both have advanced and seemed quite similar when I last compared. I like the floating battery of the ePropulsion, but the fact that the Torqeedo splits into 3 parts (I think) may suit some peoples storage needs better.
Re. the tilt mechanism latch, it does seem a little 'light weight' in design, but for me has given no problems.
Do check the charging options available as I seem to recall eProp and Torq offered different 12V/slow/fast solutions. From memory my eProp takes <7 hrs to charge from almost flat using the standard supplied charger, but the fast charger on offer at the time was expensive (~£250?). Things may have changed.
Re. the tilt mechanism latch, it does seem a little 'light weight' in design, but for me has given no problems.
Do check the charging options available as I seem to recall eProp and Torq offered different 12V/slow/fast solutions. From memory my eProp takes <7 hrs to charge from almost flat using the standard supplied charger, but the fast charger on offer at the time was expensive (~£250?). Things may have changed.
asteven221
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Bought one a couple of months ago after becoming fed up with the unreliability of small petrol outboards. No regrets. For a tender it is brilliant. Plenty fast enough even at half speed. Yesterday we were messing around and did over 4Nm and the battery was still showing 80% charge. Our normal ship to shore journeys are a lot less than that. So far other than the purchase price I do not see any downsides and only huge benefits.
I reckon if you spent you life on moorings as a long term cruiser, maybe charging could be a challenge, but if you are in a marina or can take the battery home for the occasional charge it will be fine. One charge will last for a heck of a lot of ship to shore journeys. Even at less than half speed it is a lot faster than rowing.
Thus far I would never go back to a petrol outboard for a tender. Electric is better in every way.
I reckon if you spent you life on moorings as a long term cruiser, maybe charging could be a challenge, but if you are in a marina or can take the battery home for the occasional charge it will be fine. One charge will last for a heck of a lot of ship to shore journeys. Even at less than half speed it is a lot faster than rowing.
Thus far I would never go back to a petrol outboard for a tender. Electric is better in every way.
Richard.C
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I purchased an E-Propulsion last year and love it, we don't use the tender very frequently so the petrol outboard (3.5hp) tended to be an on going maintenance issue never wanting to start or run reliably after being sat for a couple of months. The E-Propulsion is easy to pull out of the locker and as long as it's charged is ready to go immediately. I purchased the solar charger and a folding panel so if we're away for a few days I'll charge from solar to keep it topped up.
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We have one, it’s excellent for the way we use our dinghy. Short trips ashore. If you’re planning on navigating long distances at speed then it won’t do.
Bandit
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The People I know who have them are satisfied, battery floats and each item is a lot lighter to handle.
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AndieMac
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Check out one of the latest episodes on popular YouTube channel “Sailing Fair Isle”, he was very happy with his approximately one year old E-Propulsion as well until it completely failed and was deemed totally unrepairable, requiring a replacement unit.
One of their patrons lent them a petrol powered outboard to get them by, but the opinion of the sailers was they hoped the lender of the petrol outboard would continue to do so for a lot longer, as they missed the ability to travel distances further and faster.
Of course E-Propulsion rallied quickly to replace the failed engine, as these folk are high profile YouTuber’s, and much of their content is comparing and advising viewers on different marine products.
One of their patrons lent them a petrol powered outboard to get them by, but the opinion of the sailers was they hoped the lender of the petrol outboard would continue to do so for a lot longer, as they missed the ability to travel distances further and faster.
Of course E-Propulsion rallied quickly to replace the failed engine, as these folk are high profile YouTuber’s, and much of their content is comparing and advising viewers on different marine products.
Greg2
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We have one that came with the tender for our day sailer when we bought it last year. It turned out that it didn’t work - problem with the battery that we managed to get sorted as it was still under warranty. Without warranty I think a new battery is circa £1k so not cheap.
As far as using it goes our last experience with an electric outboard was many years ago with what I can only describe as an egg whisk with a car battery. Utterly hopeless but the Epropulsion is in an entirely different league. It is on a par with the Mercury 3.3hp two stroke that we use on the mobo tender in terms of power and assuming that the battery indicator is accurate it may well go further than the Mercury will on a full internal tank. My only minor gripe is that power is instant and the twist grip is very loose so easy to put too much power on - it has created the odd hairy moment with a 2.3m tender!
Quite impressed with it overall.
As far as using it goes our last experience with an electric outboard was many years ago with what I can only describe as an egg whisk with a car battery. Utterly hopeless but the Epropulsion is in an entirely different league. It is on a par with the Mercury 3.3hp two stroke that we use on the mobo tender in terms of power and assuming that the battery indicator is accurate it may well go further than the Mercury will on a full internal tank. My only minor gripe is that power is instant and the twist grip is very loose so easy to put too much power on - it has created the odd hairy moment with a 2.3m tender!
Quite impressed with it overall.
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JJS54
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We've had one for over 12 months now. Does the job superbly.
Only one slight drawback: the tiller arm is quite long and if you have a small tender - 2.5m or 2.6m for example - you have to sit further towards the bow to manoeuvre fully. No problem if you're on your own, but makes it cosy if there are two of you.
Only one slight drawback: the tiller arm is quite long and if you have a small tender - 2.5m or 2.6m for example - you have to sit further towards the bow to manoeuvre fully. No problem if you're on your own, but makes it cosy if there are two of you.
