Re: trolling motor
As I indicated in another post, just like with outboards, a big engine loafing can be just as economical as a small engine working its guts out. A 40# minnkota motor draws 42 amps. Ironically, so does a 50. A 55# draws 50 amps. The thing about current draw on trollers is that those numbers apply only to worst case conditions (as in stalled rotor) which will rarely happen. An 1860 is likely an 18 foot boat but we don't know what the hull design is (Joh, semi-V, what???) so that can impact what you need. Fact is, on a semi-V I would not think about anything less than a 55#. But then where you fish, how you fish, and what you fish for has a bearing on this as well. Never opt for "marginal" when shopping for power. Because you have it does not mean you need to use it. A 55# Minnkota on its slowest setting will spin the prop so slow you can almost count the revs so not slow enough is not an issue. Most motors have an intermittent mode in case even #1 is not slow enough.
