Electric Motor for new Outcast Pontoon

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:04:29 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:

daytripper wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
http://www.torqeedo.com/us/hn/home.html

http://www.torqeedo.com/us/hn/products/travel.html

I bought a Torqeedo for the lean, mean, muskie chasing machine
(an 18 ft Grumman canoe) and it's a sweet piece of equipment.

I don't know diddly about pontoons but I can recommend the
Torqeedo without reservation (well, other than it's pricey).

$1500! Holy crapola! You're certainly correct about that!

/daytripper (who remembers when a new car sold for less ;-)

Yeah, it's not cheap but you don't have to buy and recycle a
$200 deep cycle marine battery every other year. Besides, it's
a cool, new gadget and I'm a total sucker for cool, new gadgets.

$200? Must've been cool, new - and gold plated ;-)

The last group 24 deep cycle battery I bought - in 2007 - cost $70 after the
credit for returning the battery it replaced. And I usually get 3 years out of
them by keeping them on a float charger in my basement work shop, and minding
the electrolyte level.

Otoh, if I was into honest to god wood strip canoes, I *might* also be tempted
to drop $1500 on a trolling motor - although I gotta say that combination
sounds sacrilegious ;-)

/daytripper

daytripper wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
daytripper wrote:
Ken Fortenberry wrote:
I bought a Torqeedo for the lean, mean, muskie chasing machine
(an 18 ft Grumman canoe) ...
$1500! Holy crapola! You're certainly correct about that!
Yeah, it's not cheap but you don't have to buy and recycle a
$200 deep cycle marine battery every other year. Besides, it's
a cool, new gadget and I'm a total sucker for cool, new gadgets.

$200? Must've been cool, new - and gold plated ;-)

The last group 24 deep cycle battery I bought - in 2007 - cost $70 after the
credit for returning the battery it replaced. And I usually get 3 years out of
them by keeping them on a float charger in my basement work shop, and minding
the electrolyte level.

Otoh, if I was into honest to god wood strip canoes, I *might* also be tempted
to drop $1500 on a trolling motor - although I gotta say that combination
sounds sacrilegious ;-)

That combination *is* sacrilegious, I would *never*, *EVER* put
a trolling motor of any sort on my cedar strip canoe. My 18 foot
Grumman is a 95 lb beast of an ancient aluminum canoe bequeathed
to me by my grandfather. It's now known as the lean, mean, muskie
chasing machine and portable, traveling duck blind. I cannot
believe I used to heave that thing on my shoulders and portage it
all over the Boundary Waters/Quetico. It now lives on a trailer,
has detachable pontoons, a casting/shooting platform and a Torqeedo.
I thought about adding a depthfinder but you gotta draw a line
somewhere. ;-)

--
Ken Fortenberry

On Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:05:50 -0500, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
I thought about adding a depthfinder but you gotta draw a line
somewhere. ;-)

With that combination, you should think about the Humminbird® 1197c SI
Combo NVB. It's a full $3k, but it's a side-scanning unit. Not only
gives you GPS capability, but a 3-D picture of the water under you.
Mmmm-mm!!! Can't beat THAT! :-D