Anyone using a torqeedo around here?

[Memory Maker]

+1 on the Torqeedo ........ ya won't be sorry .......... don't forget to use the Hook1 Discount

[Memory Maker]

Thanks Dogfish for your info. If I can make a clip on type of connection from the motor to my rudder, I will do it, if not, I will leave it fixed and use the paddle to help turn.

I don't troll and do paddle so I'm thinking there will be plenty of power when I need it. If I really wanted to get inventive, I could make a shade out of the solar panel that torqeedo sells. Hmmm, that might not be a bad idea.

John

........ or make it into a sail ...... ......... also, I think it's made to be used with your rudder peddles ....... Chad Hoover would be the 1 for that .......... most of us use the Torqeedo with Hobies .........

[russ498]

Good to know. I have only gone to the park on one occasion and nobody bothered me. Not to say that it is right or that no one will have a problem in the future. I actually have access to the Navy base and prefer launching from there.

The rules are posted there at the park, and are quite clear about "no trailers" and car top only. The same rules & regulations apply to all of AA county's Car-top launch sites.


http://www.aacounty.org/RecParks/launch/index.cfm

[kitkatyaker]

Russ,
I am out if town for all of July but will be back on the 5thway of August. Let's hook up then. I will call you.

[Waters Edge]

I pecked out a lengthy reply, only to have it disappear into the netherworld.
I will try again.
My wife and I both fish from yaks powered by Torqeedos. We absolutely love them.
I clocked mine on a lake w/o wind or current as doing over 8 mph and I am a big guy.
The wife's is on a WS Tarpon 120 and mine is on an Ellie Carrabean 14.
The battery has pretty good use time if you don't use high power. We went from Everglades City to the gulf and back and sh made it all the way back but lost power about 1/3 of the way accroosChokoloskie Bay

[john from md]

"sh made it all the way back but lost power about 1/3 of the way accroosChokoloskie Bay"

I guess I can keep my TOWBOAT insurance for when the need arises. Can you imagine the look on the Captains face when he arrives for a tow and finds a yak.

John

[Jeff Little]

I was at the Bay Bridge last week dealing with 3.5 to 4 foot waves generated by wind. My buddy had to bail after about an hour. I stayed on the bridge, using the Torqeedo at a lower constant setting and caught 17 rockfish. I use the motor on the river, on reservoirs and the bay. I can power fish for largemouth or smallmouth with a spinnerbait, keeping the motor going slowly, casting as I go. I can hold off on the long paddle back late in the day if I am on fish, whereas before the motor I would need to leave fish because of the paddle back. I put in on river, motoring upstream getting a preview of what I will fish on the float back down. I tow buddies all the time when we decide that we need to be over there right now. I plastered my "13.1" half marathon sticker on the kayak to point to when people call me lazy for having it. Don't get me wrong, if you want to be lazy and not paddle, you will enjoy the Torqeedo, but for me it's all about getting in more fishing every time I am out there. I retie, or eat, or hands free play with the sonar, or rerig baits or just look up and notice stuff that I wouldn't if I were paddling my butt off. Mine is linked to the rudder cables so I can steer with my feet. I wouldn't do it any other way. I got mine at HOOK1 kayakfishinggear.com, and I'm sure they will "HOOK" you up with a discount. With that price tag, you'll need it, but it's so worth doing. It has changed how I fish for the better!IMG_1394.jpg

[john from md]

Whow! There was alot of emotion and some good information that came with that post. Obviously you are happy with your motor. Most of the people on this forum and several others seem to really like them which says good things to me. I am in the process of selling my boat so it shouldn't be too long before I too give Hook1 a jingle.

John

[MetroMan]

I retie, or eat, or hands free play with the sonar, or rerig baits or just look up and notice stuff that I wouldn't if I were paddling my butt off.

Non-torqueedo owner (but also motorized) here, but DITTO 100%!

[russ498]

Russ,
I am out if town for all of July but will be back on the 5thway of August. Let's hook up then. I will call you.

Absolutely. Let's do it.

[Memory Maker]

"sh made it all the way back but lost power about 1/3 of the way accroosChokoloskie Bay"

I guess I can keep my TOWBOAT insurance for when the need arises. Can you imagine the look on the Captains face when he arrives for a tow and finds a yak.

John

The good thing about the Torqeedo is that it will tell you how much time you have left at that speed. With the newer 1's, you can basically go all day if you keep the speed down. They are give 40% more juice than the older 1's. The Magnesium Lithium batteries will power all the way down and just stop as opposed to the lead batteries that will only give you about 50% of the power before the voltage drops to an unusable level.