Examples of how people are using Torqeedoes on various boats
Col Campey chose a harryproa because of the many practical advantages they offer over other multihulls, and so its no surprise that he has chosen twin Cruise 4 outboards because of the practical advantages they offer over regular petrol outboards. Col’s Rare Bird is a 50ft proa designed by Rob…
Its been a while since I wrote about the solar boat… it has been with the builder since October and has recently been delivered with its survey papers, which means it will be available for hire fairly soon. The boat is currently at Monty’s boatyard for some modifications to include…
In just a few days a Torqeedo powered solar canoe will embark on a trip down the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers. If the weather is right they plan to leave on 16th June to journey from Chicago to New Orleans in a trimaran canoe of 22ft.
Sanctuary Cove is a waterside community in southeast Queensland well known in the boating world for their hosting of one of the best known boat shows in Australia. They are now setting new standards with their adoption of electric outboard powered vessels for their security patrol.
I snuck way from the solar boat project under cover of darkness to check out Claude’s radical trimaran—kind of reminds me of a stealth bomber especially in its current grey livery. The weather around these parts has been pretty rainy and windy as you can see from the photos.
Geoff Maloney has just taken delivery of a 1003 and has passed on some photos and a some performance data when running on his Porta-Bote. Here’s what he has to say about it…
Getting becalmed for a couple of hours in Darling Harbour on a Hobie Wave catamaran can get you the unwanted attention of impatient ferry captains. That’s why Lakshman decided to get an Ultralight kayak motor and have it mounted on the aft beam of his cat. And with a weight…
It took just a quick test drive of a Torqeedo on the Zodiac around Crystal Bay to convince Tim and Jocelyn that a Travel 1003 would be ideal match for their inflatable dinghy which they carry in their motorhome. Well, its not really a motorhome—with 1500 watts of solar panels…
Is this the fastest Torqeedo powered boat? Powered by twin Cruise 4’s and running the speed prop it’s maximum speed so far is 26 km/hr. This carbon version of the Gold Rush Aggressor was built in Australia for Torqeedo’s boss Christoph Ballin by Max Buhner at the Gold Coast. It…
You’ll be intrigued as me by the hydraulic steering that David has set up on his SeaEagle kayak and how we combined it with the remote throttle to make a really user friendly rig. As well we’ve done more comprehensive propeller comparisons and I’ll have some graphs to show later.…