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How’d it work out for you? I’m in same boat and considering an epropulsion for my canoe

@@ProdigiousReturn It is working great. The E-Propulsion is really Quiet. All I hear is the water churning up behind the Canoe. I could get 6 mph into 9 mph head wind and 8 with no wind. The wind picked up when I was out there and had I had the trolling motor I would not have made it back to the docks. I was out there for about 3 hr. and when I checked the battery I had around 75% left. I would highly recommend the e-propulsion to anyone.

Hi because this test was 4 years ago only a short shaft was available. Since then ePropulsion introduced the extra short which for most boats is a better fit. The Extra short is better for coming into the beach and places less strain on the transom. If I was to do this test again I would use the extra short leg. Link to shaft vs transom height here www.bbelectricboat.com/expert-help Hope this helps you

@@electricboats thanks so much, I’ve purchased an extra short shaft. Will let you know how it is

Hi both outboards don't display rpm so not able to collect data to show this way. A steeper pitch would get the canoe faster but you would run the risk of overloading the motor if the canoe was loaded up with more weight ie camping gear. Both outboards only offer one size of propeller to match the motor output.

@@electricboats thank you for the response! happy holidays :)

The E-Battery range can be charged by solar as long as the solar regulator meets the battery voltage specifications. Also note the E-Battery automatically turns off if it does not detect a charge input over 200W in a 24hr period. The standby current of the batteries BMS while on is about 10W and if left on over 24hrs = 0.24kWh of power consumption.

The outboard used in this test was a short shaft What shaft length is best for your boat depends on your type of boat, where you use it and how. If its a inflatable boat and its a yacht tender then it's not normally going to be in choppy sea conditions for pitching to be an issue. But having an extra short shaft is an advantage when coming ashore to a beach. If you have a small sailing or fishing boat then the these types of hull shapes do pitch more and a short or long shaft may be needed. The use is more likely for travelling a distance and having the propeller come out is a loss of power. check Another thing to consider is the strength of your transom the longer the shaft will have more leverage on the transom. This link is information on shaft sizes and distances to top of propeller in mm, www.bbelectricboat.com/expert-help If your boat is a sailing boat and wish to use the Spirit Evo with hydro-regeneration, it is available in short and long only.

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@Roberto Torin Instablaster =)

@Josue Fisher I really appreciate your reply. I found the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

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@Roberto Torin glad I could help :)

Epropulsion does not offer alternative propeller sizes for the Spirit1plus. With Torqeedo do not know.

I've had my Torqeedo since 2013 and I love it. eProrpulsion to me is a knock off of a Torqeedo. Generally when you copy a product, you sell it cheaper. But the ePropulsion costs more! The Torqeedo was already very expensive. There is a need for a far less expensive alternative. The ePropulsion originally was noise free and may have been just a tad faster. So what does Torqeedo do? To compete, they made the 1003 as a new model available that is basically the same but it's noise free and 10% faster, but it does cost a bit more. Looks the same, and I believe mostly uses the same parts, battery, etc. The most important thing is being able to get replacement batteries, parts and service. Torqeedo is widely available here in the USA with service centers too. I believe for some repairs the motor might have to go back to Germany, so if ePropulsion offered great service centers here that did everything, that could be an advantage. But I suspect the opposite. I've never seen an ePorpulsion on the water. Do they even have a service center in the USA, or places in my area that sell them? I can drive less than an hour in many directions and buy Torqeedos, batteries and accessories.

@@n8goulet Seems you re spending lots of time maintaining your Torqeedo, lucky that is only an h drive. You should try ePropulsion its maintain free. :D

@@noxsensorseurope3804 What maintenance have I done in the past 7 years?

Please explain what maintenance your referring to?

@@n8goulet so you are saying that torqueedo had an inferior motor in noise and power until epropulstion bested them, so then torqueedo improved. To me that is the sign of lack of integrity and innovation. I would not say as your comments that epropulsion is a copy...maybe they saw an inferior product and realized they could make a better one which i believe they have done and torqueedo is only improving because they have to, in order to compete. Looks different from my perspective with same data available.

My charger failed too. Only, I put a wet water blanket next to it and it got wet. My fault! I've replaced it. I had a Minn Kota before the Torqeedo, and the noise of the Torqeedo is minimal and doesn't bother me in the least. They do offer a newer model of the 1003 that is noise free and 10% faster.

I replaced my Minn Kota trolling motor because it didn't have the power to get us back to the boat launch if we were going against a strong wind or current on the ocean or current in some rivers. I got tired of really struggling and bought the Torqeedo. I recently went through a breachway and experienced a strong ocean surf & riptide with a strong current bringing our inflatable boat out to the open ocean. The Torqeedo cut through that no problem and got us back safely. Once we committed to going through the end we realized the conditions were way too strong for our boat and luckily we didn't flip. If we had a Minn Kota 12v motor, I don't think we would have enough power to have made it back! Exactly why I bought the Torqeedo.

The motor mount would most likely be supplied by the manufacturer of Rosco canoes in Australia.

Well that would defeat the purpose.

@@grakkerful So would a paddle!

Torqeedo came out with a stronger battery a couple years ago that is 50% stronger than their previous one. They still sell both batteries.

BBElectric boats I got the 915wh battery.

ePorpulsion technologicalyy and performance far from torqedo.

@@2handpilingrigs127 Please explain!

@@n8goulet im waiting too for answer

skmerti In person it's not that bad.

Seconded. It amazed me how terrible the Torqeedo motors sounded in videos, but seeing them in person at Annapolis this past week completely changed my mind from "OMG I couldn't live with that" to "wow, that's a total non-issue". I think maybe it's just the inexpensive built-in microphones are picking up and exaggerating high pitched frequencies. In person you can hear the motor whine and gearing, but it's subtle, like a muted cordless drill. I would like to see a side-by-side test at full power on RIBs though. Just sitting in water tubs at the boat show the Torqeedo appeared to be much more powerful at full power, but who knows if that translates to more performance on an actual RIB.

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Sam Smoot a decibel meter might come in handy.