Thursday, January 28, 2010

RE: [Electric Boats] solar canal rambling

 

Hardy:

 

You are definitely on the right path here, there is no better way to enjoy canal cruising.  Having traveled the Trent-Severn Waterway, the Rideau Canal and the Erie Canal under solar/battery power, I can assure you that solar augmented with some shorepower is the only way to go.

 

Check out these videos:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3j4MMKfHS0

 

http://www.theboaters.tv/2007/09/10/37-solar-powered-green-boats-folding-kayaks-top-10-sailing-songs

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eYrPTe5M9o

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESed0f2P_7I

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfI0gyDZvmc&feature=related

 

Montgomery Gisborne, B.Tech.

Tamarack Lake Electric Boat Company

207 Bayshore Drive, R.R.#3,

Brechin, Ontario Canada L0K 1B0

(705) 484-1559

(416) 432-7067 (cell phone)

monte@tamarackelectricboats.com

www.tamarackelectricboats.com

 

Tamarack Lake...  Where Water and Electricity Mix!

 

 

 

From: electricboats@yahoogroups.com [mailto:electricboats@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of hardy71uk
Sent: January 29, 2010 7:45 AM
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Electric Boats] solar canal rambling

 

 

theres an extensive canal network here in UK. I've often thought it would be great to do a leuisurely trip . stopping for a while to explore an area whilst charging batteries from solar panels and then moving on. The problem would seem to be that if charging over say a week or two that the batteries would most of the time be only partly charged . Is this a fast way to kill lead acid batteries or would a slow charge resist sulphation?
I'm guessing that a better regime would be to just do a few miles per day using a small depth of charge. Any comments?

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