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36 comments on Wednesday Open Thread and News Dump

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dipchip on March 1, 2006 - 12:18pm

The thing that bugs me about you and a few others is, you are always saying things here before I can say them. BOTOH it saves me a lot of time for reading. BTW I do my Fishing from a small pontoon boat with a 3 HP electric motor. 4 L/A batteries are good for about 4 hours @2 knots if I use ice in the beer cooler.

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Don Sailorman on March 1, 2006 - 6:09pm

I have used electric trolling motors in place of gasoline powered ones for years. A single 55 lb. thrust trolling motor is a good auxilliary for a 23 ft. sailboat, and to prove a point I once towed four 20 ft. scow sailboats with such a motor at better than two knots.

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