Zowwie that is a big bill! But it does look like a good product and has integral GPS and battery monitor.
Sounds like a really fun project.
As a "baseline" motor, since you will likely go for an outboard in the
well since the boat is already set up for it, consider the Torqeedo
Cruise 4.0R at $3700.
http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/ wcs/stores/ servlet/producte /10001/-1/ 10001/357565/
You can do better, you can do worse.
You can pay more, you can pay less.
However, Torqeedo has a large installed base and has been around for a
while. With them, you will get what you pay for.
In addition to this, you will need a 48V battery bank and the requisite
cabling, as well as a charging system.
From what I have read here, the consensus seems to be to use a 4-bank
charging system directly wired to each battery.
Another thing to consider is what happens to your charger if you use it
as a power supply. For example, you run your generator to feed your
charger and motor the boat under electric power without drawing down the
batteries. Not all chargers can handle this type of usage. Some
chargers will believe there is a battery fault if they are running at
20A all the time. They expect the "batteries" to eventually get full
and they apparently never do. I think Mike from
http://biankablog.blogspot. can expand more on this from his experience.com
All told, you are probably looking at around $5000 for the outboard,
wiring, charger and flooded lead/acid batteries, if you buy everything
new and install yourself.
/Jason
jmolare wrote:
> Great advice and encouragement from all. Thanks!
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> A little more about the current situation ... At this point I don't have any commitment for a dock or mooring. As a result I can't really decide on solar or plug in charger at the dock.
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> The boat is on the hard in a marina while I get some high-priority maintenance done. I have inquired about a dock for the summer at the same marina and assume there will be a spot for me when the time comes. Until I work out the propulsion question it will be difficult for me to relocate to another marina.
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> The boat was built with a wooden rudder which was the accepted practice of the day. The original rudder conveyed with the boat but was badly decomposed and showed evidence of previous failed repairs. Enough remained to serve as a template so I went off in search of African Mahogany to build a new rudder. That project is in the final stages of gluing and shaping.
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> The only other pre-launch project is to refinish the bottom. The first layer of bottom paint could original to 1966 but it is all coming off. The scraping has been tiresome but is just about done. The hull has some blisters that need to be repaired and then I will paint with barrier coat and probably a teflon finish coat. I have tried a different anti-fouling paint every year with the same result, a fouled bottom, so it is time to try a new approach.
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> With those two time sucking projects out of the way I can focus on propulsion. The most critical decision will be selection of the motor.
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