Had to laugh at this guy

[WayneD]

I saw this guy launching this morning at Wivenhoe. He reckons he gets abused that much about using an outboard on an electric only dam that he had these stickers made up to go on the side of his boat. His outbaord is actually a 48volt electric motor that hoots along at about 10km/hr.

Some of you may have seen him at Hinze last weekend as he said he was there and saw a whole bunch of yakkers while he was towing another boat back to the ramp.

[Shrimpo]

Lol love to see his batteries

[shortie]

Yes saw him at hinze, He can almost plane on that motor. He was towing another boat

[fishyman]

yeah i saw him

and yes i did think it was an outboard lol

thats a fuck load of batteries

[Shrimpo]

What brand is it? Wanna find some more info about it.

[Feral]

Seen him and another bloke with the newer model around the dams from time to time.

[Bommie]

Ray should remember him:) or another that has one

[rayke1938]

That is him. I had to eat crow at hinze . I did a bit of research on them.

Have a look at this site.70mph from an leccy

www.seattleoutboard.org/electric.html

Cheers

Ray

[shortie]

the 150 tonne Queen Mary II is electic.

4 x 11Mw electric motors.

[Plastic Man]

thats ian gallaway he fishers all the bass electrics was a really good customer at tackle world before we closed down he got the motor imported from Canada think it cost near 5k

nice guy and good bass fisherman

[STU]

Goes to show never judge a book by its cover.haha

[Brian D]

From what I hear Mini Kota are heading that way with some test models.

When is big enough big enough, I suppose for us blokes and some gals - never.:S

[jeff f]

when he went past at the kayak camp his wake got me side on and almost tipped me out of the profish

[Dec]

Min kota has a 2 or 3 horsepower electric moter out at the moment and I have seen that guy on the water a few times I wonder how long it lasts with 4 batteries.

[kriso]

yeah saw it aswell pretty sweet setup pricey though the guy must love his sweet water.

[jeff f]

this mob invented them and have been making them since '74

http://www.rayeo.com/motors.htm

the one in the photo in this thread is a griffin

http://www.griffinleisureboats.com/Electric%20Outboards.htm

conversion and hybrid unitshttp://www.ecyclemarine.com/

how to build your own i like this one it's so simplehttp://www.psnw.com/~jmrudholm/etekoutboard.html

self contained portable oneshttp://www.g-comm.co.uk/torqeedo/travel-electric-outboard-motor.htm

plenty on you-tube to