Hi Eric,
Good point regarding all the electric propulsion manufacturers out there that are providing good products and service.
Unfortunately I believe SolidNav is no longer in business. I've been trying to contact them for months with no reply. The reason I wanted to talk to them(Jason) was to see what stuff they have been working on. It is always interesting and informative talking to Jason.
This is a shame, I think they made one of, if not the best electric auxiliary for 25'-30' sailboats. Throughout my installation they couldn't have been more helpful, stopping by the boat a least 3 times to help and check in. And they were not local.
That said, in my opinion :-) other than the actual mounting frame and maybe some switches most of the manufactured units are off-the-shelf parts that can be bought through other suppliers (Arby's AMeP motors excluded). I'm not too worried about servicing my SolidNav.
Mark
Santa Cruz
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Eric" <ewdysar@...> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the reply John,
>
> From the pictures of the brand new 360ibl system, it's built with the same Mars double stator motors and Sevcon Gen4 G4845 controllers that came with my Propulsion Marine system last year, I would assume that the 180ib is the same drive as mine with a belt drive instead of a gearbox. From my experience, Propulsion Marine has high quality and high customer service not to be beat.
>
> We all know that Mike (Biankablog) is very satified with his ASMO Thoosa 9000. Mark in Santa Cruz seems very satisfied with his Solid Nav system. So each of these vendors have a lot to offer potential customers.
>
> But this is all about our personal experiences. Since you're suggesting Electric Yacht from your own experience, how did the install of an Electric Yacht system go in your own boat? How is the performance? Does it work better than the home-built system that you originally installed? Since I'm assuming that you;ve installed two different drive systems in the same boat, you've got a relatively rare opportunity to discuss the differences in the drives themselves. The rest of us have only our previous ICE drives to compare to.
>
> I believe that as an electric drive vendor, you should be erring on the side of impartiality.
>
> Again, I believe that Myles (the list owner) does not want this to turn into a place where vendors are trolling for customers.
>
> Fair winds,
> Eric
> Marina del Rey, CA
>
>
> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, John Raynes <johncraynes@> wrote:
> >
> > Eric,
> >
> > I am a frequent contributor to this forum and only mention Electric Yacht if
> > asked for a recommendation. I do have first hand knowledge of the subject
> > matter and know how Scott and Bill take care of Electric Yacht customers.
> > Most people on this forum know that electric boat propulsion equipment
> > packages are of recent development; most having been designed within the
> > last 10 years. As (PWM) pulse width modulation switching technology for DC
> > motors and (VFD) variable frequency drives for AC induction and/or
> > synchronous motors continually improves the equipment will improve in
> > performance and efficiency levels will reach upwards of 90%. So I am saying
> > that although the technology may work well from other companies I believe
> > Electric Yacht has high quality and high customer service not to be beat.
> > On another note I am willing to offer free or very low cost installations
> > for new Electric Yacht systems purchased in my area of the US. This offer
> > is subject to approval from Bill Tomlinson at Electric Yacht and may depend
> > upon location.
> >
> > John Raynes
> > Electric Boat Drives
> >
>
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