Thanks Pat
And to Dennis . . . I completely forgot about needing to vary the speed . . . oops.
ANYWAY . . . the gist of my thoughts were toward simplicity.
SO, to my way of thinking the next-best step toward simplicity would be a 12-volt system. But, worthwhile motors seem to operate at 24 volts and above.
A 48 volt system, to me, would complicate the charging and overall, 48 volts seem like a lot, even though, as a kid, I used to stick my finger in a light socket . . . often, just for kicks(to this day I can feel that, ohh . . . funny feeling).
Even a 24 volt system bothers me, because I can either buy 12 volt stuff or 120 volt stuff(everything else). At 12 volts, as a battery gets toward the end of it's useful life, that same battery will work great for my LED lights, very small TV and such, and I don't need to pair out my batteries, although I would eventually get all the same type/size batteries down the road and the charging should be much easier by either a 120 volt charger(at the dock), a generator or solar.
I'm 60 years old(none of my 3 older brothers made it to 60), and given my family history(they all died of completely different things), I work on a 2 or maybe 3-year plan . . . a rolling plan(I hope), as such that my planning is ALWAYS for another 2-3 years. So, if I live to be 62, my plans will go to 64-65.
BUT anyway, since I'm planning rather short-term, I don't want to get caught up in more complications than I need.
John Francis
Hi Mark, Yes, Compac will be installing it. Thank you very much for your imput. My husband really wants the motor. Not that I don't...just that I think even Compac would rather do the diesel because that is what they are used to. I think they tried another motor once and it didn't work. Just don't want to get burned.
Lisa
> I have had a SolidNav Explorer in my 1976 Ericson 27 (27') for almost two years. I have not had any trouble with the motor. If SolidNav (probably Jason)is telling you they will deliver the motor I'm sure they will. I had very good service from the company when I bought the Explorer. I haven't spoken with Jason in a while so I do not know how the company is doing, but I would imagine they are like most in the boating industry and sales are slow. I wouldn't think twice about ordering another SolidNav product.
>
> The motor is plenty strong for the E27.
>
> For me there is no comparison between a diesel and electric. Just one issue is I do not like diesel odor while motoring or docked.
>
> The convenience of "right now" power is reassuring.
>
> It depends what you are going to use the boat for. Electric propulsion has a shorter range than diesel. With my setup I think I can get at least 70 miles motoring at 4 knots before needing a charge.
>
> If you go electric is Compac installing the motor in the boat?
>
> Mark
>
>
> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups. , "rwsandersii" <rwsandersii@> wrote:com
> >
> > My husband ( who has posted in this forum ) and I are buying a compac 27 sailboat and he wants to put in a SolidNav Motor. My questions are:
> >
> > For anyone with a SolidNav motor in a sailboat:
> > What size sailboat do you have?
> > How does the motor handle your sailboat?
> > Are you happy you put in the SolidNav motor?
> > Is the motor better than diesel?
> > Have you had to do any repair work, and if so what became of it. Availability of service & parts?
> >
> > The guy from SolidNav wants all the money 4,000 up front stating he's been burned a few times and won't credit the boat builders. What do you all think of this? Is this normal? He had a for sale sign up on his web page stating he wants to sell the company to a bigger company,but then took it off the web page. Do you think the company is on solid footing?
> >
> > Any help and comments would be appreciated.
> > Lisa
> >
>
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