Over at the Whitehall boats site, there’s the first write-up on one of the new electric outboards from Torqeedo with a Whitehall Spirit 17, a beautiful, classic rowboat. They liked how quiet it was, and it performed pretty well, pushing the test boat at up to 5.3 knots. Charging time was substantial (about 10 hours), and they had a battery/charger failure (which Torqeedo readily agreed to replace). Overall though, they prefer their old Honda 2hp.
