Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Electric Catamaran

 

Bill Gow wrote:
> From: osirissail
> [Bill Gow] I'm thinking it'll be sooner than that. The electric car
> industry will push it. I'm even leaning towards going diesel-electric with
> just a little battery storage so when something comes along, I'm already
> half way there. I just need to find a generator that doesn't weigh 500 Lbs
> that can drive two electric Asmo 6000 motors. Even this gets very heavy
> compared to a couple outboards
At least with an inboard solution, the additional weight is not all
located on the transom.
You can place your batteries and even your generator where they have the
most desirable (or lest undesirable) affect on trim.
Trade-offs. It's all about the trade-offs.

Cheers,

/Jason

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