It’s nearly summertime here the Northern Hemisphere. Time to think about goofing off: Doing next to nothing. As a kid I spent many summer days literally sitting at the dock of the bay watching the tide roll away. I had a series of boats too. Some that rowed, some with an outboard motor hanging off the stern, some with a sail. All were holes in the water in which I threw every spare dollar I had. Still the water keeps drawing me back as it does most. People are really just fish out of water. This could be why so much of the world’s population lives near the coasts.
Nowadays I can’t imagine owning another stinkpot, as power boats used to be nicknamed by rag sailors. Paddling, as in a kayak, has some appeal and is popular, but I like a little freeboard between me and where the sharks hang out. (Don’t they make kayaks in bright colors so they don’t look like food from underneath?) I’ve always liked to row too. (I learned to row when I was about six.) Now, I don’t want to work so hard to get where I’m going. I’m thinking about another sailboat, perhaps with a little auxiliary motor. There’s another option too, thanks to a bevy of new products on the market: electric outboarding. Electric outboarding would offer the almost noiseless, pollution-free, serenity of sailing without worrying about minor things like too little or too much wind. Serenity mixed with a little bit of fun is what I want from being on the water, anyway.
Inboard electric boats have been around for over a century, electric outboards (homemade or manufactured) have been powering deck boats and boats used on reservoirs for some years. Certainly, too, small electric trolling motors have been available for decades, but now there’s a fair number of full-fledged small electric outboard motors on the market.
The difference between an electric outboard and an electric trolling motor is simply power. For very low speeds a trolling motor might do. For a little more speed and more hull to push, a more powerful electric outboard would be the answer.
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