Yeah, I've read your posts a few times over the last few months, good stuff thank you. I'm on a remote island of only about 100 people though (Middle Caicos.) We live off rain water collected in cisterns, so fresh water is very limited here. It's also very hard/expensive to get things here. The Honda not having an impeller is a huge advantage for me. Not having to flush the motor with fresh water or replace the impeller seems to outweigh the slight power advantage.

The Torqeedo reliability worries me. The salt spray where I live corrodes everything! My engineer neighbor who is anal as could be recently crashed his gyrocopter because of some corrosion, thankfully no one was hurt. I like the idea though.

I googled where you live, that's an amazing piece of island. I wish to retire somewhere like that.

The Torqeedo is fully qualified for salt water. In fact it's mostly plastic, aluminium, and stainless steel, in that order. The electronics are fully sealed. And, like the Honda, it takes in no cooling water and never needs to be flushed. It's probably the most resistant motor to salt water available for the TI.

It's very tempting. I assume that battery will have to be replaced every 4 years or so. It's hard to justify the cost, especially with limited range. There is no one to call for help out here.

fusioneng - I hear ya. I know you mentioned the outboard stuff when I was first asking questions about buying the boat. It was such a project just getting the boat here that I didn't want to get into the motor stuff until I actually got to use the boat for a while.

pro10is - I'm back and forth on the idea of the Torqeedo vs gas outboard. After BS'n with my wife last night, we about talked ourselves into the Torqeedo. Glad to hear it's been dependable for you. I'm going to have to look into it more. Thanks