Tuesday, August 2, 2011

Re: [Electric Boats] Re: 55' wooden hull in SFBay

 

Marc, 
Just curious, what clutching mechanics were you planning on using with the hybrid thoughts when using one or the other or both together...  Dave K


From: Mark n Angela <mstafford@natca.net>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 2, 2011 12:50 PM
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: 55' wooden hull in SFBay

Eric,

To take Myles off the hook, it is Mark Stafford who ripped out a 2500 pound GM271 diesel from a 1983 Herreshoff Marco Polo 55' sailboat named Constance in San Francisco Bay, and put in a 96volt DC GE 23hp motor and 1300 pounds of used and abused lead acid batteries.

Batteries were the hardest part for installation and maintenance.

I'm going hybrid: installing a 30hp ListerPetter diesel in parallel (either electric and/or diesel can drive the prop).  I had planned to go serial hybrid (generator to batteries to e-motor), but my budget would not allow.

Mark Stafford


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