When my original long shaft 6hp Evinrude conked out, I found a barely used short shaft Mercury at a great price, but soon regretted the choice. I sail on Lake Pontchartrain, and whenever there’s any chop at all, the short shaft spends as much time out of the water as in. My problem was cured when I traded the short shaft for an older long shaft 3.5hp Nissan two-stroke. The Torqeedo looks very appealing, but I can’t get past the steep buy in. FWIW

Mike Mislove
m&m - #259

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My boat came with the short shaft version. So far, on the lake it does a serviceable job, though if a stink pot passes too closely, it can cavitate some. I will say it does clear the surface completely when I tilt it up to sail - don't know if the long shaft version does or not. And, I would guess there's a weight difference, though that might not be much of, or even, a consideration.

If I was buying one, I might be convinced to go with the long shaft. That just seems to be the universal advice from all of the users here on this forum. I would like to hear from those that motor more frequently and/or those in tidal waters using this motor. And, anybody leave the motor on the mount tilted while sailing?

Bill Cheadle

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Chien du Soleil

Check out the YakAttack mount. All you need to permanent mount is a small piece of track then the mount quick connects.

https://www.yakattack.us/torqeedo-throttle-mount-with-track-mounted-locknload-mounting-system-tqm-1001/

Im considering the same thing. What length shaft would you recommend for the Ensign? I have the original bronze motor mount on the aft deck.

Vic,

I haven’t yet come up with a solution for that either. I stow it in the battery bag, which stows below the tiller with the battery inside. I just pull it out when I need to use it.

So far that’s been a reasonable procedure as it’s only used sparingly. The other day I traveled much further than usual. I launched my boat about five miles from my new berth, so I motored the hour and a half and thought a lot about what a “permanent” solution might be.

what I finally resolved is that Torqeedo could be doing a lot more to provide solutions for boaters. It’s all on the right track, but more elegant solutions for various type boats would help. For now, I think it’s up to us to design a better way.

Bill Cheadle

#1622

Chien du Soleil

A number of you have reported purchasing the remote throttle for your Torqeedo electric outboard. That seems like a reasonable solution to crawling over the rear deck to look at the information on control panel on the tiller of the motor.

Can you tell me where you mount the remote throttle, since, as I think about purchasing one, I can't imagine a convenient spot to mount the throttle in my Ensign?

Vic Roberts

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