Pontoon Boat Electric Motor

I've seen it done before but do i need to register it or anything like that. i have heard from a friend that has a pontoon boat also that registration is needed to put any kind of motor on a water craft. is this true?
sorry i forgot to mention i live in California.

Your friend is correct.
Every motor-driven vessel (regardless of length) that is not documented by the U.S. Coast Guard which is used or on the waters of this state are subject to registration by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV). This applies to private lakes, ponds as well.
http://www.dmv.ca.gov/boatsinfo/boatreg. htm

2008-03-09 10:25:55 by james n

Gas conversion platform was recently fabricated for our electric catamaran party pontoon boat to be used in areas were the tiller motor is not ...

I am interested in buying a "family" boat - just something to get us out on the water, enjoying the sun, etc. However, some of the local places (lakes in the state forest) allow only electric motors - no gasoline engines. In other words, a trolling motor. Of course, this is fine for a row boat or bass boat (for fishing), but can a trolling motor push a pontoon boat through the water? Thanks!
Please - boat experts only -- not just guesses. I'm already guessing :) SMILE!

The Best way to do it,is buy a pontoon with 2 motors on it.. A pontoon moves thru the water much easier than a normal boat so you can get away with Lower horsepower engines.. and theres no reason a trolling motor wont work.. but when your on a lake where Motors are allowed.. I feel you wont be satisfied with a trollingt Motor alone... a 9.9 does a good job.. you can just tilt it up when on a electric motor lake.. in some cases rarely but you may be required to remove the prop...Good Luck

2006-10-02 08:19:50 by Hope this helps

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This is an electric motor in a pontoon boat. The motor won't run. I've done a load test on the batteries and they seem fine. I'm going to do a voltage drop test tomorrow. The manufacture, Duffy, won't help because my shop is not a dealer, and they only work with dealers.
If anyone knows some basic electric motor troubleshooting tests that might help me diagnose this motor I'd like to hear some suggestions. This is my first electric motor and I'm kinda lost. I have no wire diagrams or anything else to guide me. I've spent a few minutes doing some simple internet searches and haven't found anything too helpful.

will the motor turn over it's not froze up or burned out then it's a matter of wire elimination . hot and ground are the only wires coming off the batteries

2007-06-26 22:19:30 by sjl

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This is an electric motor in a pontoon boat. The motor won't run. I've done a load test on the batteries and they seem fine. The manufacture, Duffy, won't help because my shop is not a dealer, and they only work with dealers. If anyone knows some basic electric motor troubleshooting tests I could run I'd like to hear some suggestions. This is my first electric motor and I'm kinda lost. I have no wire diagrams or anything else to guide me. I've done some simple internet searches and found nothing. My buddy keeps talking about Yahoo answers so I thought I'd try it with this problem.

sounds like the flux capacitor might be leaking signal fluid i would ask this in the boat section and if the answers there are as bad as they are here i feel bad for you this place is a joke for the most part

2007-06-26 19:02:43 by sjl

I need an electric motor for my pontoon boat to raise and lower the anchor. The one I had burned out and I need a new one. The company from whom I purchased it is no longer in business. Any ideas where I can get one? Thank you.

do a google search for : electric windlass

better to buy new than fix old. Cheaper too.

http://www.grainger.com has motors and parts, if you insist on repairing.

Look in your yellow pages for chandlers.

2007-02-17 05:25:13 by hazee