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]

Today (20260627) I have compressed my four previous posts regarding electric outboards into one post!
Thought it took up too much space on the forum.

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 in the boat's most important social space. Are now planning to try an electric solution instead, which is new to me, so advice and comments are welcome. The displacement will increase 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.

Addition March 28, 2026.
Have now installed the electrical system and the electric outboard, mounted on the transom. Functional test of the installation has been done in the garage, but not at sea, so adjustments will probably be needed.

Addition May 6 , 2026
A sunny but cold and windy day it was the Electric premiere! 2x100Ah 24 V LifePO4 batteries, Haswing Protruar 3.0 – 24V - 1.44 kW electric outboard and 35 mm2 + and – cables. Two people on board, at maximum speed the GPS showed just over 4.6 knots, even then very quiet and completely without vibrations, almost unreal in fact, power consumption ~50 A. The low noise is from the engine underwater, and even the inclination of the transom seems to dampen it. So the earmuffs can stay at home! If you settle for about 4 knots, about half power consumption.

The placement of the outboard inside the swim ladder was an idea from the beginning, I didn't want to drill more new holes in the transom! And so far it seems to work, but I moved the ladder out 40 mm. When swimming, you turn the engine 90 degrees, then the propeller "disappears", and the ladder becomes possible to use as usual. I think it can also be done if you end up in the water and are alone. I will test it when the water is warmer ... but have tested it now, 20260626, and it works.

Jörgen / Timbre

[Chris Symonds]

Hello All,

I hope this is okay to post on here?

Cape Yachts has been been appointed as an epropulsion dealer, if anybody would like to ‘try’ a spirit o/board on their CC19. We are looking for a test boat, the engine will be provided FOC for the trial.

Please let me know if you would like to take part.

Thanks

Chris

[Justin Greig]

Hi Chris - best of luck with your plans for Cape Yachts.

I keep Peggy on the Broads at Horning and have often thought electric propulsion would be ideal for these waters. I recently replaced my outboard and I did consider getting a ePropulsion Spirit1+

The considerations that finally drove the decision to get another petrol powered engine were: (a) insufficient power (this has been addressed by the Spirit2 which was not available at the time) (b) cost and (c) range anxiety.
A motor pod that could be fitted as a plug in the outboard well with the batteries stowed centrally would, I think, be ideal for the Cape Cutter. The Spirit2's ability to use a remote battery is a distinct advantage.

Justin

[Chris Symonds]

Thanks Justin,

Agree the spirit 2 will address the issues around range. There are strong discussions around three new hulls, two of the prospective buyers want petrol O/boards, but the third is seriously looking at an electric inboard with an additional battery pack mounted forward. We will be offering shore power as a low cost option along with an inbuilt solar panel installed into the garage roof. This will be non-skid and can carry walking weight.

I firmly believe electric is the way forward, the range is still a concern. My Tesla company car gets returned next week, I drive around the country a lot, it’s great for motorway work as the charging network is brilliant, but off the beaten track, it’s a different story. The same with electric marine power. Range and charging infrastructure remain the barriers to mainstream entry.