electric outboards

[oak]

Has anyone had experience of the Epropulsion electric outboard.This is a new rival to Torqeedo which looks very interesting.I don't want it for Merlin but am considering one of that ilk for another boat.
I know some of our members have to use electric on the reservoirs.
Oak
Merlin

[erbster]

I've no experience, but I'm interested too. I'd like an electric outboard to tour a tender in the river.

[oak]

How big is the tender.The torqeedo has 2 smaller units than the Epropulsion but they seem to give quite a few problems.There is a discussion on Bayrider forum.
Any chance Charles of those dimensions for the boom support?
Oak

[Dennis]

Hello gents

I use a cheap and cheerful electric outboard on my tender.

It is (from memory, I am currently on holiday in Scotland) a Sunsport 32. It has 32 lbs thrust and consumes 26 amps on full power. It weighs 7 Kg I power it with a 26 AH 12v battery (weight also 7 Kg) which runs for 30 minutes at full power before the volts start to reduce noticeably.

It cost me £105 5 years ago.

It pushes my tender (and me) along at 2.5 Kts, which is faster than I can row it.

Hope this helps

[Black Sheep]

Hi,
My CC19 has electric propulsion since 2009, still using the same Torqeedo 77 Ah lithium battery. The first year I tried a Torqeedo Cruise 2.0 but that one broke down 3 times due to the fact that the passive propellor motion during sailing was obviously too much, either electronically or mechanically. Of course for tender applications (or for sailing boats where you can remove the engine out of the water this will not be a problem). But apart from that, the Torqeedo is very noisy. So I switched to an Elva 1100 engine (AEE Marine) which I am using till date with the same lithium battery. These electric outboards are very quiet, robust and widely used for rentals in our country and have an excellent track record indeed. For a CC19 an ELVA 1100 engine is a little bit underpowered so I would recommend in retrospect to fit an Elva 1800.
Needless to say that at sea an electric outboard is rather useless due to range limitations, so only in those cases I use my 5 hp four stroke petrol engine.
Kind regards,
Michel
(Black Sheep)

[oak]

Thanks for that Michel
I had looked at AEE boats before but I missed the outboard section.The main disadvantage for me is that I want to use this on a 12 ft clinker sailing dinghy and it is quite heavy,25 kg as opposed to the Suzuki 2.5 hp at 13 kg.
Jack
Merlin

[Timbre 19]

Is the engine placement ideal on a CC19? I thought so during the boat building, but the premiere trip in 2016 was a disappointment. Since then, I have tried different outboards and also tried to make changes to reduce the inconvenience in the boat's most important social space. But unfortunately without positive results. I want a solution with a lower noise level and less engine dominance in the last few years of sailing with this wonderful boat. I have therefore planned to try an electric solution, which is new to me, so advice and comments are welcome. If the change does not turn out well, I will of course return to the combustion engine. But if it works, I can also consider extending the keel and having two drainage holes made in the transom instead. The well can then be made tight and filled with foam or become a waterproof storage space with a hatch. The wind fills the sails, and a solar panel that charges the batteries (LiFePO4) for motor operation is pleasant, or charge at home. With electric propulsion you are also welcome to launch in lakes that increasingly prohibit combustion engines. Hope the pictures explain my plans. The displacement will increase by about 10 kg to 1125kg, but with better weight distribution I hope (the batteries in front of the mast), and an outboard that weighs less than 10 kg is a positive.

[Timbre 19]

More pictures. Did not manage to place them in one post!
Jörgen / Timbre

[Timbre 19]

Two batteries.jpg

Two batteries.
Jörgen / Timbre


Addendum 10 January 2026.
Can't help but mention a relatively new boat called AIRA 22.
A daysailer with an electric motor. But where is it located?
Placed in a well and is electrically raised and lowered, which
puts thoughts in your head!
Raising and lowering electrically has a small power consumption
compared to the propeller's consumption, I suppose.