T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Hi Everyone !

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Re: [Electric Boats] Hi Everyone !

If it's a pontoon boat, not a wide single hull fiberglass boat and you are content to go 3-5 mph it could work. Least cost (and least efficient) would be one or two trolling motors. A Torqeedo 4.0 would give a bit more speed for about $4k plus about $1200 for (8) 6v 220ah batteries. You also need to be able to recharge from shore power for this to be practical.

A deep-V planing hull is the worst possible shape for efficient slow speed cruising.

Denny

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From: bill d otherguy

To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com

Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 4:57 PM

Subject: [Electric Boats] Hi Everyone !

I just joined the group. I have a 20' deck boat and a family of 6. I love my boat dearly but the fuel cost are crazy. We went out a week ago and we spent allmost 100 dollars in gas just driving a few hours. We dont have lots of money but we live near a beautiful lake with a thousand miles of shoreline and hundreds of islands and we want to spend as much of the summer there as possible fishing, swimming and camping. I make tie dyes and we have covered the boat with tie dyes and I am working on a tie dyed turtle for the bimini top. Were gonna have the most beautiful boat on the lake but I also want to make it the greenest and cheapest to operate as well. Hopefully I can find lots of help here.
I have notices that most boats here are long and skinny but ours is 9 feet wide. It currently has a Mercruiser 305 chevy. I want to replace that with an electric motor and about a dozen batteries and possibly a portable solar generator to charge them.
Is this feasible?