Glenn wrote:
> We prefer to raise the sails as much as possible, the outboard is for getting there, anyone who has ever been on the Myall river in NSW, Australia will know what I mean when I say one slow trip on that river is enough.
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Ignoring the near impossibility of carrying enough battery to get the
speed endurance you want, on the above river my charts say vessels over
7m should maintain 'idle speed' the entire way from Tea Gardens to Tamboy.
Getting enough 'power to plane' would be irrelevant :-)
I did the first long run endurance trial of my e-boat conversion on the
Myall river up from Tea Gardens - was the first time I tested running my
Honda EU20i while under power. Don't think we got more than half way up
the river before we had to turn around and head back to make sure we got
back to Winda Woppa before it started to get dark - I don't have
navigation lights fitted.
We did get passed by a few boats who obviously didn't know what 'no
wash' and 'idle speed' meant.
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