In today’s video we finally share our new outboard! We have had many problems with our Lehr Propane outboard including (but not limited to) leaky propane lines, fragile manufacturing, and water in the engine block. We just received our new ePropulsion Spirit 1.0 and are excited to try it out and show you all how it works compared to a traditional dinghy engine! We compare fuel efficiency, speed, and handling in our unboxing and review of the ePropulsion Spirit 1.0 - and we are looking forward to using it most days next year on the Great Loop. Thanks for watching, Jennifer and Elliot #greatloop #boatlife #electricengine 🎥 Episode 185 | Filmed on November 2021 🇺🇸 America's Great Loop | Crisfield, Maryland _______________________ BLOG https://schoandjo.com/blog ☝️ Read more and check out behind the scenes at the blog _______________________ AMERICA'S GREAT LOOP CRUISERS ASSOCIATION Join AGLCA for information on planning and completing your Great Loop adventure. Visit https://www.greatloop.org/ _______________________ SUNDAY SUMMARY We send out a weekly email with our travel updates 📧 - https://schoandjo.com/sundaysummary/ _______________________ SUPPORT Free and Paid ways to help support our channel 🙏 - https://schoandjo.com/say-thanks/ _______________________ GEAR From camera gear to travel, boating, and hiking must-haves, it's all here 📷 - https://schoandjo.com/gear/ _______________________ CHAPTERS 00:00 Intro 00:50 Why We Chose an Electric Engine 01:52 What’s in the Box 04:00 First Look at the Batteries 05:27 First Install of the ePropulsion Spirit 1.0 Plus 07:39 Review and and Real World Test 11:49 Disassembly for Cruising 12:53 Bloopers _______________________ MUSIC We get all of our music from Epidemic Sound (30 day free trial here) 🎧 - https://bit.ly/sj-epidemic ________________ FRIENDS + Blog: https://www.schoandjo.com/ + Facebook: https://fb.me/schoandjo + Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/schoandjo/ + Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/schoandjo/ + Twitter: https://twitter.com/schoandjo + TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@schoandjo ________________ ABOUT US Hi! We are high school sweethearts from Atlanta, Georgia who decided to take a year off to travel around the world. Together we decided to create vlogs for our journey as a fun way to remember it. On September 15, 2019, we left Atlanta with 3 bags, 2 one-way tickets, and 1 goal of traveling for a whole year. Little did we know, 6 months later we would find ourselves in a nationwide lockdown in India. After spending 5 months in India, we came back to the United States and decided to purchase a 34’ Trawler, dive head first into boat life, and kick off America’s Great Loop. The good, the bad, the ugly – and most importantly, the real and real funny. We’re not here to tell you “how it’s done.” Just how we’ve done it. And that whatever it is that’s calling you - the way you’ll do it is much more attainable than it may seem. Thank you for following us along our journey! ________________ Note — Some of these links are affiliates. We recommend stuff we love and if you like it also they might give us a small kick back. Thank you!