belly boats and pontton boats...

Can I put a 72 volt trolling motor on it even if its rated for a 12
volt system? Will I get up on plane and tow a skier? Can I buy one of
those little 25 hp Honda jets and rig it up?
Inquiring minds wanna know.
Frank Reid

On Tue, 1 Sep 2009 12:51:56 -0700 (PDT), Frank Reid wrote:

Can I put a 72 volt trolling motor on it even if its rated for a 12
volt system? Will I get up on plane and tow a skier? Can I buy one of
those little 25 hp Honda jets and rig it up?
Inquiring minds wanna know.
Frank Reid

Aw, now, you're being way too hard on yourself...I've no doubt you could do all
sorts of damage to the boat and yourself with nothing more than a paddle...

And you're slipping, imagination-wise - I figured you'd get a bunch of extension
cords hooked together, half and half wired straight-run (...um...breaker? Well,
you never _INTEND_ to even bend her...) to each leg of a 240 (...ground? You
don't need no steekin' ground...), two huge honkin' electric motors (unshielded,
open-frame, of course...), a fan blade (for the airboat effect) for one and the
wheel (prop) from a tug on the other, and, well...hey, they can probably get the
grid back up in Omaha, in what, a couple of hours or so...?

I can see it now: "Honey, I'm gonna paddle out about 10 feet from shore, get
into position, and when I yell 'GO!', you just flip that knife switch and watch
me fly!"

HTH,
R
....OTOH, if you could get your hands on a generator, it'd be a lot better...for
Omaha, anyway...