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Take the Poll — What’s the Ideal Tender Outboard?

| August 12, 2010 | 3 Comments
Take the Poll — What’s the Ideal Tender Outboard?

If you could have the perfect outboard for your dinghy or tender, what would it be?  A diesel perhaps, because you’re already carrying hundreds or thousands of gallons of that fuel and because looking for and storing gasoline is such a pain in the neck, not to mention dangerous? I’ve long thought, for example, that [...]

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New Torqeedo Might Be The Green Go for Your Dinghy

| November 25, 2008 | 0 Comments
New Torqeedo Might Be The Green Go for Your Dinghy

Torqeedo, the German company that produces those cool, skinny electric outboard motors has introduced a new model — the Cruise 4.0 R — that has the power to realistically be considered a replacement for the gas-powered outboard on your dinghy.  And it does so with an overall efficiency of more than 50%, which is at [...]

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