VESC for third party Sailboat Motor

Hi All, 

I recently came across a very expensive senseless 10 kW electric boat motor from someone that I know with a defective esc. A replacement is not sold by the company, and I'd prefer the vesc. Thinking about using the vesc 6 mkiii.  I plan to use it at around the 5 kw range.

Is it as simple as buying a vesc, changing it to FOC (sensorless) and following the tutorials? I am not sure if the motor has a certain inductance, resistance, or anything else that would make it not a good fit for the vesc. I couldn't help to notice not a lot of large volume motor examples on the forums and youtube videos. thanks

The motor: https://www.westmarine.com/buy/torqeedo--cruise-10-0-fixed-pod-sd-electric-drive--19533108?cm_mmc=PS-_-Google-_-GSC%3ENonB%3EVendors-_-19533108&product_id=19533108&creative=108421557964&device=c&matchtype=&network=g&gclid=Cj0KCQjw_ez2BRCyARIsAJfg-ksUVBNuT3Mc0FZzQsQaauw1e8Dx3VRfdBonGCdy1vyQkMNM3WPETOUaAnBdEALw_wcB

Voltage: 48V

Power: 5,000 Watts

Boat weight: 1.3 ton