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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…
Kathryn and Stephen’s solar boat trip to Lake Cootharaba had more excitement that they bargained for… They left from Noosa Marina and headed for Lake Cootharaba for a six hour gentle boat trip. On the return journey the bushfire came right to the river bank. Flaming embers allowed the fire…
Amsterdam 12th November 2012. Torqeedo GmbH is declared the overall winner of the Design Award Marine Equipment (DAME) for its groundbreaking work on its new powerful electric outboard, Deep Blue. At a breakfast briefing before the opening of the METS trade show the DAME Jury announced the category winners and…
We now have a shipment of new stock including some of the new Cruise Tiller models. Some of these have been sold already so if you are interested in one of these new models please drop me a line on the enquiry page. I doubt I will get chance to…
Torqeedo will be unveiling a new powerful outboard in November. The full details of this outboard are not yet publicly available but as you can see from the video below it is fast and powerful.
[updated to include latest battery info] I’m often asked about range extension for a 1003, and occasionally for an Ultralight. Of course it would be great if we could connect these motors to the large Torqeedo battery—the 26-104. Alas, the voltage is different and it does not have a GPS…
I have just one Cruise 4 Tiller long shaft motor available now. This one is converted from a Cruise 4 remote and was prepared for display at the boat show but circumstances changed and it was not shown after all. This motor is brand new and is ready to go.…
You may have seen on the Torqeedo website that they have introduced a new tiller version of the Cruise models for 2012. This model is not yet available in Australia and you’ll have seen that we didn’t list it in the online store until now. We expect to have this…
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.