I finally made up my mind and got a Fish Cat pontoon boat , so far I absolutly love it . It has an easy anchoring system and a motor mount built in.

My knees and aurthritis do not allow me to kick fins for long periods of time so
I am planning to use a small electric which brings up my questions.
I have a 55lb thrust minn kota but I am sure it is too big. ( the darn thing will almost plane my 10ft. ) Plus it drains the batteries fairly quickly.

The smallest motor I can find is a 30lb thrust minn kota. Is this too big for a toon? If so does anyone know of a smaller one?

Also, I have 4 deep cycle batteries which last at least a day each on the water but I have heard that the new spiral deep cycle batteries are lighter and last longer althought they are pricey as all get out. Anyone have info and opinions on the spirals?