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Com-Pac Model Specific Discussions => CP-16's => Topic started by: jimbo on September 11, 2022, 11:53:32 AM

Title: electric motor
Post by: jimbo on September 11, 2022, 11:53:32 AM
Does anybody use an electric motor instead of an outboard?  Any advice on its' use?
Title: Re: electric motor
Post by: bruce on September 11, 2022, 06:56:54 PM
Here's a current thread on electric motors, outboard and inboard. There's more, but this is a good overview. Any questions, ask away!
https://cpyoa.com/forum/index.php?topic=12286.0
Title: Re: electric motor
Post by: Jim in TC on September 12, 2022, 08:01:29 AM
Yup, quite a few of us with electrics, and also quite a few seasons of experience between us.
Title: Re: electric motor
Post by: Renae on September 16, 2022, 11:31:03 PM
Buy one.  The normal volume conversations while motoring alone are worth the price of admission.  Enjoy not changing the oil, servicing your lower section.  Forget about bad gas.  Put up a solar panel or two to charge it.  As Gordon Gekko nearly said, ?Green is good.?
Title: Re: electric motor
Post by: kickingbug1 on September 17, 2022, 08:27:40 AM
 yep i thought about electric once but looked at the price and considered how little i run the motor and concluded that i didnt need one. i did however get rid of that god awful mercury 4 hp 4 stroke vibrating ill tempered outboard. i bouoght a 1994 johnson two stroke two cylinder sweetheart. starts easy, has lots of power, doesnt care what gas goes in. is smooth and quiet and cost 200 bucks.
Title: Re: electric motor
Post by: jimbo on September 17, 2022, 02:09:55 PM
Thanks all!  I'm done with the hassle of gas.
Title: Re: electric motor
Post by: pcvivavt on September 22, 2022, 08:51:44 PM
Go electric.  I use a E Paddle motor to move me out and to the dock.  Other folks at my club use MKota trolling motors.  Unlike the heavy marine batteries used by Mktota, the E Paddle uses a small lithium battery that sits nicely in the cockpit.  I sail on a medium sized lake.  I plan to get a Epropulsion Spirit motor when I decide to take the boat out into the Chesapeake Bay.  Concerned about range?  Buy another battery.  The batteries are expensive but over time you will save money on gas, oil, and maintenance.