Cory... Fair question. In my video desc. paragraph, I explained and apologized up front. I shot the motor to show it in the "running condition." (I'm selling it on Craigslist. So.OC, CA) I share the same frustration on many videos when I'm looking for just technical info. or detailed operation images. And for boats, to get the true sense of speed, you really need to have a camera person shooting, preferably from shore or another boat. I'm going out again, but with my full video camera.
why dont you show from a side view of how fast the boat is skimming on the water? from the back view we canot see and estimate what your total boat weight + you the motor is pushing? all we see is water churning up in the back? and it looks like your struggling upstream in windwaves?
I saw another youtube video of the cayak or catamaran with the "3" Minn-Kotas, really slipping through the water quite fast. I love the concept of electric over gas, but here I find myself now with the Eska, a 5hp Mercury and an 8hp Evinrude. I'm selling the Eska and the Mercury outboards on Craigslist, Orange County, CA.
FYI........... I sold this little outboard last week, Jan. 27, '11, to a local sailing family, that'll probably use it on their dingy.
usbrasilcafe 1 year ago
Cory... Fair question. In my video desc. paragraph, I explained and apologized up front. I shot the motor to show it in the "running condition." (I'm selling it on Craigslist. So.OC, CA) I share the same frustration on many videos when I'm looking for just technical info. or detailed operation images. And for boats, to get the true sense of speed, you really need to have a camera person shooting, preferably from shore or another boat. I'm going out again, but with my full video camera.
usbrasilcafe 1 year ago
why dont you show from a side view of how fast the boat is skimming on the water? from the back view we canot see and estimate what your total boat weight + you the motor is pushing? all we see is water churning up in the back? and it looks like your struggling upstream in windwaves?
corymax10 1 year ago
I saw another youtube video of the cayak or catamaran with the "3" Minn-Kotas, really slipping through the water quite fast. I love the concept of electric over gas, but here I find myself now with the Eska, a 5hp Mercury and an 8hp Evinrude. I'm selling the Eska and the Mercury outboards on Craigslist, Orange County, CA.
usbrasilcafe 1 year ago
thats why we like Minn Kota !!! Noise...
villyelg 1 year ago