Minnkota endura submergence

Deso is a good example, the San Juan is another, the Chama is another, much of Montana and Wyoming on the east side of the divide, Dominguez-Escalante/Stillwater/Meander/Labyrinth/Ruby-HT are flatter examples but if you've seen them in a bad storm you know they are not to be taken lightly. And no, I've never flipped on any of them, but Stuff Happens, so I still rig for flip.

And my old non-data phone (I'm an OLD FART, with an MS in Comp Sci, who misses software engineering and not using the latest technology not at all in his retirement) lives in a waterproof case, on the rare occasions I take it on the boat(s). Plus, my MinnKota is a BOAT motor. MinnKota says nothing at all on the subject, ditto West Marine, etc. MKs are widely used, especially the saltwater version, for dingies on sail boats. Someone, certainly, has dropped one and dried it out at some point, but you wouldn't know that from the web.

Essentially I'm with Sembob... Given Minnkota's generic non-answer above I'd assume that they could either fail or work, depending on a lot of things... My question to you is, if you've run this type of water before and never flipped what's the worst that could happen? Flip, ruin it and have to row out... it might suck but if rowing is what you'd do anyways it won't be any worse than not trying (save the dead motor). Worst case and you actually flip and it dies is your out a few hundred bucks... If that's the worst thing that happens in a flatwater flip my guess is you'll be counting your blessings.

I have had two minnkota trollers over the years, still have both actually. They have been splashed, left in the rain ...but never submerged. My bow mount (MK autopilot from the early 2000's) is mounted all summer long, it sees every major T-storm plus significant splashing when on the river for the past 5 years and it always works, worked Friday actually. I've very briefly thought about rigging the autopilot up to the raft but haven't yet tried. My main issue has simply been reluctance to license another boat, simply another hassle with potentially minimal reward. I do have a 6hp 2-stroke kicker that I've thought of rigging for Missouri river trip below ft Benton, if I were to do this it would open the door to playing with the MK on shorter trips. In the end if I were to rig a motor on a big water trip I'd rig a drybox, bag or something to put it in as noted above. But only if there were real odds of submerging it (read flipping). Flatwater trips, I'd trust to chance.