T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Some History on my Lagoon 410 found

Hi Steve,

What type of batteries are you using ?

In a message dated 2/18/2011 7:00:57 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, sdolan@scannersllc.com writes:

I was going through some old Emails at a site and came across a message from the delivery captain who brought my lagoon 410 up from the BVI's to the Chesapeake Bay to the prior owner so I thought I would see if he had any info to share.

Tony,

I ran across an Email from 08 that you had brought an Electric Lagoon 410 up to the Chesapeake and was wondering if it was the boat I purchased "Magic". I was wondering if you had any history on the boat or problems with it at the time.

Thanks Steve

Hi Steve - Sorry for the delay - I've been crossing the Atlantic and off the grid for the last 3 weeks.

Yes - it was Magic. At the time, she did everything she was supposed to and we only used a teaspoonful of fuel. Regeneration may have slowed the boat a tad but I thought it was hardly noticeable. We had tons of spare power and indeed had to bleed off by running the motors slow ahead whilst sailing.

This system comes into its own on long passages - it aint much good for small hops as you'll never get enough juice into the batteries. Charter companies here in the bvi's have had problems with that as our cruising ground only consists of short hops.

Have fun with Magic (Now Electra Glide) and send Pat the previous owner my best regards!! Tony

This confirmed the first 410's well documented trip across the Atlantic in which they to had to bleed off excess power. The comments on short trips would be understandable in the Islands, believe it or not most charter sailing groups power around more than sail the area. Add to this the fact, as most of us know, you have to understand the system to maximize the run times as well as protect the batteries and you have a case of abuse most of the time. I also believe he must be referring to the 420 Lagoon electrics that were a different system and their problems with a software issue on the first batch out. The Solomons system was only installed on 3 boats and I believe only 1 (the first one) was a charter boat.

While sailing the Bay I have never been able to fully recharge the batteries under Regeneration alone. The regen is mostly used for the house system load while under sail and then the Genset for charging at anchor or long runs up a creek and when becalmed. I'll see if I can get more info on her.

Steve in Solomons MD