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I just mounted a Minn Kota EM44 on the skeg of my
17 foot Cape Cod Cat. I cut away a section of the
keel to recess the motor and permanently fiberglassed
it in. The wiring is in a tube sealed to the hull
and taken to above the water line in the
bilge.<br>This boat is very large for a 17 footer (for those of
you unfamiliar with catboats). It has a 8 foot beam
and a displacement of 2400 pounds.<br>The motor moves
the boat along very nicely and silently. I do not
have a knotmeter, so I am only guessing, but I'd say
it glides along at about 4 mph. After it gets up to
speed, half power keeps it there.<br>I only got it back
in the water last week.<br>I'll report back in a few
weeks with more performance details.

Just reviewing comments beginning to end. MK's EM
series are intriguing. Hopefully you can give us an
update as to how they perform a year later?? The EP
series (designed for main propulsion of pontoon boats,
although I don't understand how that differs from other
"day in day out" use) is also interesting, but the
MKota catalog doesn't detail the inherent differences.
And finally, does anyone have experience with prop
selection in the off-the-shelf electric outboards??