Some of the inspiration for our trip came from the 2 voyages made in the 1990's by Sunboat I and Sunboat II from Prince Alfred College in Adelaide. See http://www.solarnavigator.net/prince_alfred_college_adelaide.htm.
I believe the dollar cost (without any equalising for inflation) of River Snail was something less than 10% of that of Sunboat II, reflecting the reduced costs of solar panels and electrics in the intervening 20+ years, as well as the somewhat more "agricultural" construction of RIver Snail.
I believe the Mundoo 3 Solar Electric (https://www.storerboatplans.com/boat/motorboats/electricsolar-power/example-of-solar-electric-real-world-use-liveaboard-boat-and-cartop-canoe/
and www.woodenboat.com/library-content/185.woodenboat-issue.pdf ) has also cruised much of the Murray.
About the only claim we can make is that we are perhaps the first solar electric paddle wheeler to make the journey!
But it was a lot of fun...
Dave
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