I had my phone in the Boogie, and watch on me which also has cellular connection.
A few friends were leaving just after me to go to Namotu and knew my route so had a back up plan.
The day after I did the same but got a ride back in a friends tender, there wasn’t enough room for the boogie inside the tender so had it follow us all the way back, just like if I was on a wave. It sat about 25m behind the boat the whole way back, all I had to do is hold the trigger.
Long mission today down the coast to see what sort of range is possible with two batteries.
As I got closer to home I went exploring a bit more and caught a few waves. So could have made the journey with a bit more battery spare.
Foil was an Armstrong 680 on a 32L board. I’m 95kg.
50 km is great. That’s some awesome range
I’m about to start my first tow boogie build. But first tomorrow will try a tow behind my assist board.
I’m going with dual 6579 maytech motors with 160amp esc. Just finished my Bremote but can anyone guide me on how to get differential steering with dual motors or should I just go with a rudder? I’m shaping my own board from scratch going with 60cm wide with a bit of rocker and V hull on front. Would you sell one of your remotes Strongarm since they are already tested?
Pretty sure the remote @Strongarm uses with his towboogie is the manta foil remote:
It is not a cheap option, but does look quite nice. Note you would need to add the receiver to the order and that adds more cost
Thanks I will see what I end up with but this too me seems like a safe option
I’m not actually sure if it supports tow boogie steering, that could be some custom firmware that strongarm set up for his versions and his own product. So check that before ordering one
Oh ok in that case I’ll wait for the v2 Bremote. To turn up. I’m having slight issue with my toggle button with v1 is not returning to neutral everytime. Guess I’ll keep tinkering with it.
Tried my assist board with tow rope today and it would torque roll over until motor was out of water that was with a foil on mast upside down to try keep board nose down and rope attached to rear of board .
I don’t know how you can counter act the roll. I don’t think a rudder with an offset left turn would be enough. I think it’s got enough power to get me going if I can get it to drive straight.
We use a modified Manta remote with our own custom firmware, it’s heavily integrated with the single motor steering mechanism so wouldn’t work for dual motor or servo steering systems.
Roger thanks for feedback seems to be an issue in foil world to get good remotes with more channels
For the stock remote, I think @Mantafoils last April (2025) said dual motor steering would be possible with some extra development but not in the pipe atm.
Hello,
I am back with my problems 
As a reminder I am using a motor flipsky 6384 and a sequre 12200 on my tow boogie.
Everything is great except that at start I have to be very very gentle to avoid some motor stop for around 1s.
I suspect this is due to some issue when the current spike.
I simplify a lot my design and my motor cables are now directly weld to the esc (no connector at all on this side).
Between my battery I have 1 anti spark connector but the welds look clean.
Thus I am wondering what can be the root cause.
Any idea welcome.
thank you.
Try
Low RPM Power protect = off
I had some issues and managed to resolve it here, and I think it was Low Power RPM
Thanks will give it a try.
Try to set Current Sense calibration to 100%
Ok will do. Not crystal clear for me what this one does. Understood it plays with some variation on the current sensor components but explanation on Google are not straight forward for me.
I try those settings seems a little bit better but my battery was lower so I am not sure Processing: 1000010635.jpg…
Hi everyone,
I’m thinking about the possibility to swap from a Pelican case to another for a spare battery on my tow boogie.
It means that I would need to have ESC’s + receiver + cooler in a dedicated box.
For the moment all the elements are in the same Pelican case.
Do you think it’s doable to connect battery wires with amphenol connectors like an efoil but outside or in a wet environment ?
Is there a risk of short circuit if the boogie rolls over ?
Maybe, two Camden boxes back to back.
The battery alone in its separate box (12s5p ?)
