Trolling Motor Question

[Gerry Zagorski]

No first hand experience but saw this chart online and it says to add 6 inches to shaft length for rough water so it looks to me like your 87 inch shaft should suffice. However, thinking this through further you'd need to add another 36 - 48 inches to the numbers in this chart to allow for the bow rise in 3 to 4 foot seas and still keep your prop in the water.

For what it's worth, I just spoke to a friend who has the 26 Sea Hunt gamefish and he just had one professionally installed over the winter and it's the 87 inch shaft. He hasn't run it yet so hard to say what it will do in 3 to 4 foot seas. I would imagine the longer the better but I doubt even the 100 inch shaft will be effective in 3 to 4 foot seas. ...

Hope this helps

[togzilla]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

No first hand experience but saw this chart online and it says to add 6 inches to shaft length for rough water so it looks to me like your 87 inch shaft should suffice. However, thinking this through further you'd need to add another 36 - 48 inches to the numbers in this chart to allow for the bow rise in 3 to 4 foot seas and still keep your prop in the water.

For what it's worth, I just spoke to a friend who has the 26 Sea Hunt gamefish and he just had one professionally installed over the winter and it's the 87 inch shaft. He hasn't run it yet so hard to say what it will do in 3 to 4 foot seas. I would imagine the longer the better but I doubt even the 100 inch shaft will be effective in 3 to 4 foot seas. ...

Hope this helps

Thanks Gerry!

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by togzilla

Thanks Gerry!

My pleasure Tog... Just out of curiosity what volt system are you gonna use and what kind of batteries?

[togzilla]

Originally Posted by Gerry Zagorski

My pleasure Tog... Just out of curiosity what volt system are you gonna use and what kind of batteries?

36V with a PPC portable super capacitor charger. Didn't want to waste the space on my boat with 3 acid batteries and did not want lithium batteries on my boat either.

[Gerry Zagorski]

Originally Posted by togzilla

36V with a PPC portable super capacitor charger. Didn't want to waste the space on my boat with 3 acid batteries and did not want lithium batteries on my boat either.

The lithiums do sound good on paper but I've heard they can be finicky...

[wyldbillnj]

Ive had the 96 Rhodan on mine and love it. Would like to get a super capacitor at some point to reduce the weight of the 3 group 31 AGM's. I would personally not go with the Lithiums.
It depends on how often you are out there in rougher seas I guess. The 100 inch one would be a no brainer to me.