Well said
Warm Regards,
Warm Regards,
Rob
Pull over mister, you've been thought policed!Seriously? While it is a pretty rediculous concept and admittedly has little to nothing to do with "electric" boating, I followed the link and personally thought it was mildly interesting to see. I was not in the least offended by the post. And it is a "boat" afterall, and therefore at least vaguely relevant. It's not like it was a link to a porn site, diet pill or viagra ad. I really don't think Kirk deserves a wreckless posting ticket for this but that's just my opinion.May I respectfully suggest that if a post or thread is harshing your mellow that you simply delete it and wait for the next one, that's what I do when I'm not interested in something. This is just a Yahoo group, not the New England Journal of Electric Boat Medicine.I think the point of Kirk's post was simply to share a crazy alternative propulsion idea, which in some ways could be argued to be quite relevant to a group like this.From: Eric <ewdysar@yahoo.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2013 1:52 PM
Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: wave powered
To the rest of the group, I apologize in advance for the following rant.
Seriously, Kirk? What was the point of this? What practical value do you think that this type of system would provide?
Why would anyone go to this much trouble to "drive" a boat at what appears to be a small percentage of the speed provided by a pair of oars? Where do you normally boat that tosses your vessel around like it was in a washing machine?
Even the "prototype" doesn't generate enough speed to maintain steerage. To me this looks like a novelty, and a fairly ineffectual one at that. I can't believe that this could move a full size boat any faster than a 65 year old Jack Lallane with his feet and hands shackled.
I am sorry if this sounds harsh, but there is already too much noise in the world. I belong to this group to learn and to teach others practical facts about Electric Boating and to help others convert their boats to electric successfully. Many of your posts are only vaguely relevent to this group, but this one goes too far. I'm sure that there are other groups of people that would like to discuss far-fetched theories with little practical application. Please try to stay on topic when you're here.
If this had been the first post that I read here, I doubt that I would have joined the group, and probably would just put a new diesel in my boat. Posts like this imply that electric power is just another crackpot idea by association. Try to think about the unintended consequences of your actions.
Thanks
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Kirk McLoren <kirkmcloren@...> wrote:
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> http://www.rexresearch.com/kneiderwave/kneider.htm
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> a fuel free method of propulsion
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