Electric motors for boats have been around for a long time. I've got two MinnKota motors. One smaller and the other is a three horsepower. Plenty to move a big deep V around. The boat I bought from a friend also has a 15 horsepower gas motor that I never used. I'll sell my gas motor after having it checked by a mechanic and put it up for sale since I don't use it. I've used my electrics on my 19 foot square stern canoe for years. Basically in my home state of Pennsylvania there are a lot of lakes that don't allow gas power. The bigger lakes that allow gas motors are actually too big for the canoe (which is what I use most of the time anyway). Enjoy your boating everyone
Great video, nice look at some easy options for those who haven’t dismembered a Leaf and built it into a boat (which works well too, as I recall) 2:40 “that fat shaft in your hand there” 😂
A little more tech Gav - like power consumption / drain at verying levels, Warranties ? and maybe weights ? What was the speed u acheived with u single ? 5 knots ?
Yes, the NZ electric boat co have our own little marina on the river where our electric boats are based. Check out Gav's other Electric Boats video on the Ecotricity channel to see us take a trip up the river and explore some of the creeks along the way.
@@electric-boat Cheers. I thought I recognised the Kerikeri stone store despite not having seen it since I was a kid in school in Kaeo. It seems really funny to me now how they always bang on about it being the only stone building of its type in Aotearoa when, now that I live in the UK, there's thousands of them. 😄
Electric motors for boats have been around for a long time. I've got two MinnKota motors. One smaller and the other is a three horsepower. Plenty to move a big deep V around. The boat I bought from a friend also has a 15 horsepower gas motor that I never used. I'll sell my gas motor after having it checked by a mechanic and put it up for sale since I don't use it.
I've used my electrics on my 19 foot square stern canoe for years. Basically in my home state of Pennsylvania there are a lot of lakes that don't allow gas power. The bigger lakes that allow gas motors are actually too big for the canoe (which is what I use most of the time anyway).
Enjoy your boating everyone
Another awesome video, thanks Gav!
Fantastic job, will be looking them up here in Australia. Great meeting you at fully charged Sydney. Keep smiling everyone
Gav must have the best job in the world
the torqeedo is some fine piece of german engineering! Incredible range and power!
Great video, nice look at some easy options for those who haven’t dismembered a Leaf and built it into a boat (which works well too, as I recall)
2:40 “that fat shaft in your hand there” 😂
A little more tech Gav - like power consumption / drain at verying levels, Warranties ? and maybe weights ?
What was the speed u acheived with u single ? 5 knots ?
Good job
No noise. No emissions, less fuel costs and lees maintenance. Go electric.
Lovely stuff.
Was this filmed in Kerikeri, Bay of Islands?
Yes, the NZ electric boat co have our own little marina on the river where our electric boats are based. Check out Gav's other Electric Boats video on the Ecotricity channel to see us take a trip up the river and explore some of the creeks along the way.
@@electric-boat Cheers. I thought I recognised the Kerikeri stone store despite not having seen it since I was a kid in school in Kaeo. It seems really funny to me now how they always bang on about it being the only stone building of its type in Aotearoa when, now that I live in the UK, there's thousands of them. 😄
Get a foil on that rubber runabout 😅
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Still battling to convince the hand brake that we NEED an electric motor for the tandem kayak😂 she keeps yapping on about exercise 🤷
PSC?