Im a little confused here, we're discussing the 65' Wellington @ 65000 lbs, a sailboat, you've mentioned replacing the Leyhman 160 hp ICE & saving fuel, haven't included maintenance costs. First, how about considering keeping the ICE & increasing fuel & maintenance costs, look at this as a business investment, consider the ROI and resulting Value over a 1, 3, 5, 10 year period, how long will you have this vessel? Rebuild ICE costs approach New ICE Cost, so what is the cost to install/maintain/fuel a NEW ICE for the next ???? years ? $ 15k, $25K $ 55K ?
Once you know that, you have something to make a comparison with regarding electric propulsion investment costs and the benefits associated, as Ive mentioned the best Blog Ive seen is Captn Mike , Skipper of the BIANKA, 30' 13 ton NonSuch utilizing a Thoosa 9000 System with Honda Genset, I forget the BMS (batt manage sys) his is a completely neutral real world story.
In a message dated 1/17/2011 9:35:12 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, ibles_world@yahoo.com writes:
This was one of the original threads,and blogs that made me think that converting my larger boat would work, So I'm really interested in your honesty in answering the posters questions, if it truly can run on your gen set, then the same install, will work for me. I'm 6 times the displacement and power, but also 6 times the gen set power and can have 6 systems running concurrently, If this is so I would be saving a bundle in fuel usage. If it was a matter of a few grand I would do it and not worry, but it is tens of thousands I need to be more prudent and a bit more of an armchair person first. But so far no one had a boat that would motor hours on end by gen set alone I followed your blog and it seems like yours may, but I was unsure .....
Nicholas
--- On Tue, 1/18/11, Nicholas Oberzire <ibles_world@yahoo.com> wrote:
From: Nicholas Oberzire <ibles_world@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Hindsight
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Tuesday, January 18, 2011, 2:13 AM
This was one of the original threads,and blogs that made me think that converting my larger boat would work, yes I
--- On Mon, 1/17/11, GNHBus@aol.com <GNHBus@aol.com> wrote:
From: GNHBus@aol.com <GNHBus@aol.com>
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Hindsight
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Monday, January 17, 2011, 7:41 PM
How far, how fast , are there any currents or expected head winds in the area you plan to motor this sailboat? any pics? In a message dated 1/17/2011 1:44:09 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, eric14850@yahoo.com writes: Tohatsu 9.8 hp Four-Stroke with gas tank, remote control, electric start and 12v alternator: less than $3000.
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