Well I sold the boat a year ago, but ended up pulling the electric drive out and selling it with an outboard. It's a shame, but I was taking a pretty good hit on the boat already, and as it turned out it was easier to sell with out the electric drive.
I packed it up and shipped it to my new home on the east coast (D.C.), with the intention of buying another boat and re-powering with my electric drive. Now we are having a baby and the boat is being put on the back burner for a couple years. If there is anyone from the electricboats group interested, I'll give them first crack at it, before I put it on ebay or part it out. Here is a link to some pics.
http://www.russeldouglass.com/practice/Electric_Drive_installed.html
It's a 48v Mars with Sevcon controller (w/Regen)
Power transmission is belt driven (1" belt) w/Browning bearings and 1" stainless shaft.
Built to be a direct replacement for Atomic 4.
It powered my Newport 27 (6000 lbs) with a 12x 12 2 blade prop.
It is currently disassembled, but If your interested, I can put it back together in about 45 minutes.
Let me know if anyone is interested. Prefer local pickup, but I could ship it if needed.
Russ
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "aweekdaysailor" <aweekdaysailor@...> wrote:
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> Funny - I snagged a sweet partnership for a slip in South Beach precisely _because_ the boat was electric :) YMMV rings true I guess!
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> (hint: try Berkeley...)
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> -Keith
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> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Chip" <chipg_98@> wrote:
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> > Hi Russ,
> > Let's talk. I'm at Fortman... you? Feel free to e-mail me directly to continue the dialog if you like.
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> > --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, russ1302 <no_reply@> wrote:
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> > > I've been trying for over a month to sell my Electric powered Newport 27, with no luck. I've actually had people tell me they are scared away by the electric motor. I may consider selling the electric motor separate if anyone is interested. It's similar to the Solid Nav system, with a 48volt Mars brushless, Sevcon Millpac controller, belt driven power transmission 4 group 24 batteries and a Procharge 4 bank charger. If anyone in the San Francisco Bay area is interested, let me know. I'd like to sell it before I pull it out of the boat. It's a sad day when i have to put an outboard on an electric boat to sell it.
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> > > Russ
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