Buy Electric Outboard Motor Yamaha, Minn Kota, Motor Guide Torqeedo, Avator (Mercury) Best Price UK
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The PDF explains the different types of Motor and what they can do, it offers advice to help choose a motor.
Minn Kota are the market leader for Electric Outboard Motors and they also make the Yamaha range of motors. Motor Guide are another US brand of well made engines. We have first hand experience of using these motors and can advise what they will achieve for you, how suitable they are for your application as well as offer advice on battery choice and charging.
Minn Kota, Yamaha and Motor Guide only offer "thruster" type motors, wheree the most powerful is NOT 0.5 hp Avator and Torqeedo offer proper outboard motors that are electric and are rated in HP not Lb thrust.
The Video below compares a 55 lb thrust electric motor, a F 3.5 Petrol Outboard and some one rowing !
An Electric outboard motor is measured in LB thrust not HP, this is because even the most powerful is not 1 hp !
These motors will do what a pair of oars will do but if you can not row because the tide / current / waves / wind is too strong an electric outboard will not cope either.
The Torqeedo is the exception to this as it is a true 2 (603) 0r 3 hp (1103)