Motor power and dimensioning

Now, how strong (or weak) should an electric outboard be for your yacht or boat? The answer to this: it depends on various circumstances such as sailing area, wind speeds and, above all, displacement. In case of doubt, it is good to be a bit overpowered (especially with sailing yachts) – this pays off at the latest at the next "borderline situation", as Johannes Vogelhuber knows from his own experience, for example, when you have to turn your sailing yacht into the wind (and keep it there) by means of an electric boat motor in order to reef the sails. But: The more powerful the motor, the more powerful (thus: bigger, heavier and more expensive) the batteries should be. Online shop operators Johannes Vogelhuber, therefore recommends his " Insider tip" , which provides the propulsion or thrust of a standard 48V motor with only 24V (2 x 12V). EcoPower – by the way only available here in the online shop – offers 3 different electric boat motors for sailing yachts up to 1t and up to 3t kg displacement. Prices range from just Euro 990 (for the smallest outboard) to just 1,890 (for the largest and most powerful EcoPower engine).