Fascinated with all things solar, I looked for a suitable kayak or canoe to motorize and load up with solar panels.
I know batteries are heavy and I’ve seen more than one rigid kayak flounder under the weight of a trolling motor a...
After several attempts at designing a system that worked and was safe, I eventually succeeded in combining a kayak motor with a solar charging system, modular in design and easy to put together.
You can put a trolling motor on an...
One of the first design options – trolling motor mounted at the rear
I got the boating bug later on in life and so I bought an inflatable kayak. I quickly found that the idea was nice but paddling a canoe for longer than 20 minute...
Inflatable boat – electric trolling motor battery
Inflatable boats have become hugely popular in the past year or two and they are very well suited for an electric motor, such as a trolling motor normally used for fishing.
When mo...
Can a solar panel run a trolling motor?
The short video shows me and the wife sailing away across the bay in a solar powered inflatable kayak with electric trolling motor mounted at the rear. There are two 100 watt solar panels...
