I live north of Nanaimo and was like “Is that Nanaimo and the gabriola ferry terminal in the background?I might be seeing things” and sure enough I was right lol

Love your video and congratulations on getting an outboard motor I’m sure you’ll really enjoy it lots and it will make getting out there and exploring so much easier. Thank you for sharing the video.

Great video and a nice new motor! Take care and stay safe :-)

That big ship you saw delivers Mercedes vehicles to their storage yard there at the waterfront and from there they get delivered across Canada. Ps I love your adventure. Brian from Nanaimo:)

Glad you have a reliable dingy motor now!!

It's crazy that your torqeedo went through so much juice so fast. Ours seems to stay charged forever! And we crossed in Nanaimo no problem. I love our Torqeedo, but it's not for going fast. We have a gas motor that we put on when we want to go far or fast, but usually doing an explore around an anchorage the torqeedo is my go to.

I've been a Torqeedo Travel user for about 10 years now. I love my Torqeedo Travel. I simply would not be able to do the kind of boating I do with a gasoline motor.

Good vid, What PFD do you wear? Do you like them?

Awesome rock.

Love your dogs disposition.

Thanks for providing the other side of the argument. Its not easy separating the hype from the reality.

Lager drinker - yes. I liked seeing all those sea stars on the dock post at the beginning of the vid. They are still at extremely low numbers. Take your time on breaking in that engine. It will pay off in the long run. Enjoy and hope to run into you guys when the border opens. Cheers.

that big ship looks like a ro-ro cargo vessel. roll on, roll off. they usually carry loads of cars and industrial vehicles like diggers and loaders. and occasionally fancy kit like helicopters and other boats.

As a rule of thumb these rated hp numbers for these E motors are easily halved. Even the Elco 20hp is 8400 watt which would equate to 11hp.

hi guys,

Don't know what the specs are on that Torqueedo battery but it sounds to me like there was a problem with the battery. Too bad it didn't work out for you. We love our little trolling motor but our expectations are small and she's on a hard dinghy which takes less power to move.

I have both the Torqeedo 1103s and Tohatsu outboard motor that I use on my dinghy and I think it’s not fair to compare the two engines.

Nice to see honest review of the electric vs gas outboards. Electric are nice for very short trips, but can not really compare. On a planning dinghy gas is unfortunately so far the only practical solution.

yeah, we were looking at electric motor for our dinghy...but when we looked at the range we wanted and what the weight of the batteries would be, we chucked that idea pretty fast!

Good job dumping that Torqeedo, I sold the one i had after a month. Dealer trying to sell me extra batteries so i could go another 1 mile and have to switch. Grrrrrr. I went with a 2021 Tohatsu 5hp Propane model. It will go 1 hour at half throttle on ONE little green 1lb propane bottle for short hops and I also got the Viking 11lb Carbon Fibre propane tank for longer hauls. It burns sooo clean and even seems quieter than my gas mercury 5hp. That 9.9 is pretty big for your Rib, no doubt youll get anywhere quick with that ! I have the Zodiac 310 Fastroller. I went 5hp for lighter weight as a solo sailor its not as nerve wracking taking it off the stern rail and lowering it down. Nice to see you guys enjoying it.