Re: [electricboats] Newbie looking for guidance

I was thinking the same thing as Al. If that Atomic 4 is running good why convert?  A4s are super quiet and efficient ICEs. With the exception of using gasoline as its fuel, A4s are awesome and they would definitely be the best way to go 20 kts.

But if you have an aversion to gas on a boat , don't want to listen to and smell diesel and don't care of you ever go 20 knots again then that boat looks like it would be an excellent electric boat. 

I'd guess with a solar canopy it could cruise 5 kts just off solar on a sunny day.

If you're sure  electric is the best for you, Thunderstruck is a good place to look for an all inclusive kit for a good price but if you really have a tight budget I'd look at golf cart conversion  kits. I've been running one for 10 years. To say it's a little underpowered is an understatement but it will push the Arc 4 mph on nothing but sunshine and make 5 kits if I suck on the batteries hard.

It won't take much to get that boat up to 6 or 7 mph if that's all you want and if you do want to go much faster it won't do it for long unless you spend a fortune on batteries and a lot more on a motor and controller that you won't use most of the time.

Gas or electric though, it's a cool boat.

Capt. Carter

Www.shipofimagination.com

On Wed, Dec 28, 2022 at 11:16 AM, 63urban

<63urban@gmail.com> wrote:

But wouldn't that be far less efficient and a little more noise?

Nick

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From: kurtphone@gmail.com

Date: 2022-12-28 10:35 a.m. (GMT-05:00)

To: electricboats@groups.io

Subject: Re: [electricboats] Newbie looking for guidance

i got my kit from Thunderstruck as well. Two thumbs up!
I just changed sprockets/ratios on the gear reduction until my existing prop worked. Much cheaper and easier than changing a prop.