I am looking at an epropulsion
outboard for my
dinghy. The new model will charge the
battery when towing the
dinghy with the
motor down. I know this is frowned upon both towing and leaving the
outboard on the dinghy let alone leaving the outboard down. I build my dinghies and we always tow. We have a 26' 5-6
knot trawler and there is no place for a dinghy onboard. Our cruising is all inside waters in Southeast
Alaska. So my question is not to discuss dinghy towing generally but the possible effects of leaving the outboard down ie drag. The outboard generates just under 100 watts at 6 knots. This is pretty cool but I don't know if it is practical. The alternative is removing the
battery and
charging from the mothership using the 12 volt system or an
inverter. The outboard runs on 48 volts.