06-13-2010, 03:34 PM
I have only had 24v motors and my boat is a 18.5' Lund. But, for a 20ft. boat, I would think you would only need 24v if you were planning on using it for trolling. My boat can go 3 mph at full throttle w/82# of thrust for an hour or two then it slows a little. With a 12v you wont get as much thrust, but, the possible benefit to a 12v is that you can get twice the batteries in your boat in the same space needed to just to run the 24v and so your run time could be longer if you wired two batteries together. If you have the battery space, personally I would go with 24v though as I want enough ooomph to get me off the water as a third backup in an emergency if my main motor and kicker both die (never say never).
iPilot looks cool though, if that gps anchor feature really works, that would be awesome for staying positioned over macks while jigging, especially in the W.
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iPilot looks cool though, if that gps anchor feature really works, that would be awesome for staying positioned over macks while jigging, especially in the W.
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