Here is a crazy idea......

Buy 2 of those Dakota 54AH batteries that are only 17# ($500 x 2 + $1,000) so you have a reserve to get home if one battery dies?

Buy a new Minn Kota Endure 55# thrust 12volt tiller 36" electric if you want more speed? $240.00


That is about the cost of a new Honda/Yamaha 2,5 hp outboard....$1200?

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I am assuming, like many here, you have no place to store a small boat on a trailer?

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