T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Outboard to Inboard

Monday, August 9, 2010

Re: [Electric Boats] Outboard to Inboard

I like this one better. http://www.mastervolt.com/prod_subcat.php?lang=2&section=marine&prggr_id=1198&prg_id=1204

Dan

--- On Mon, 8/9/10, James Sizemore <james@deny.org> wrote:

From: James Sizemore <james@deny.org>
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Outboard to Inboard
To: "electricboats@yahoogroups.com" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: "electricboats@yahoogroups.com" <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 7:23 PM

Mastervolt makes one.

http://www.mastervo lt.com/prod_ subcat.php? lang=2&section=marine&prggr_id=1198&prg_id=1200

On Aug 9, 2010, at 3:21 PM, "Eric" <ewdysar@yahoo. com> wrote:

Dan,

They who? I haven't seen an electric saildrive yet and I think that it could be an effective answer for many conversions.

Thanks,
Eric

--- In electricboats@ yahoogroups. com, Daniel Michaels <nov32394@...> wrote:
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> They make a very small electric sail drive. Like you said just a small hole and mount the unit....
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> Dan
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> --- On Mon, 8/9/10, Richard <richardbell10668@ ...> wrote:
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> From: Richard <richardbell10668@ ...>
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Outboard to Inboard
> To: electricboats@ yahoogroups. com
> Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 11:31 AM
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> I was talking with a buddy at the marina over the weekend about converting my S2 with saildrive to electric. The conversation started over a few beers while we performed a tuneup on his old 5 horse Tohatsu out board. He brought up the question of converting his outboard Pearson 26 to an inboard electric. While there is plenty of space under the cockpit to mount batteries, motor, and charger, there's obviously no prop shaft. If I'm right, saildrive is just a large hole cut in the hull with a glassed in fairing /mounting base. After a few more beers, we decided that adding a prop shaft would be doable if a good design was implemented.
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