Minn-Kota Trolling Motors in Tandem at Irvine Lake

Sorry for the "one person" Blackberry quality, and not being video'd from the shore, which would have been much better to judge speed... I'll be doing this again with a video person, promise! Here I'm using a 44 lb. thrust and a 46 lb. thrust Minn-Kota on the transom, running at the same time. I found that my 12 ft. aluminum fishing boat actually did run faster with the two motors than with just one. (Tech support at Minn-Kota estimated that while the speed wouldn't increase appreciably, the torque and maintenance of speed would be better going against the current, etc.) I estimated 5mph to 7mph easy, on Irvine Lake. Batteries held up for the three hours I was running around, not always using the electrics, but also using my 2hp Eska. (Marine Deep Cycle Batteries from Costco - 120 ampere hour capacity) Minn-Kotas consume approx. 45 amps at 12 volts on high speed, 5 on the tiller.)

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Sports

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• minn-kota
• electric trolling
• small outboard
• two minn-kotas
• electric trolling motors
• speed test
• minn-kota 44 lb. thrust
• minn-kota 46 lb. thrust

[usbrasilcafe]

Steve... I actually do get a few looks with the double Minn Kotas. The Eska was sold shortly after I found the 8hp Envinrude (another video I made). The most impressive and interesting "speed" exhibitions are those where the boat is video'd from either another boat or the shore. And then, you really benefit from a shore landscape. All I had was the Blackberry and myself doing it all. As you alluded, there is a maximum speed based on blade pitch. Although you do get more "torque", so to speak.

[stevenabb]

I am sure someone on the dock looked at your 3 engine setup and did a double take! Thanks for posting the video... yea, 2x engines of course do go a bit faster. The only problem I found, is that the props are setup for about 5 MPH. So even if I put 30x engines on my small boat, still at 5MPH. My experiment in the future is to find a sharper pitch prop to put on the engines to make the engine still thrust at higher speeds.

[villyelg]

great !