Hi Myles,
Not what I was after at all. I do not see a 2.5" high emblem as "shouting about my project". Just thought more people knowing that EP is a viable auxiliary for a sailboat would be a good thing :-)
Mark
Santa Cruz
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Myles Twete" <matwete@...> wrote:
>
> Eric offered: "I would rather be subtle, I'm not one for shouting about my
> project."
>
>
>
> Same here Eric.
>
> While I have always been gung-ho in converting my boat, writing about it,
> celebrating electric, etc., at its moorage or in the water, I've never
> wanted to bring too much attention to it being electric. Some reasons to
> opt for being a bit discreet with your conversion:
>
> . Security concerns---you've invested thousands of dollars into your
> conversion and you may have valuable components right there, easy to steal.
> If your moorage is uber-safe, if your E-components are not easily accessible
> or if you have a trailerable boat, then you don't have much to worry about.
> For the rest of us, you have tradeoffs to think about.
>
> . Safety concerns---Making it too obvious to your local marina that
> you have an electric boat that you've built yourself might make them a
> little nervous that while charging in the middle of the night it might cause
> their marina to go up in flames or cause ground loop problems or worse. And
> the concern may not start with the marina owner, but some concerned tenant.
> Lower their concerns by being discreet, careful and establish a safety track
> record.
>
> . Crossing the line from leading by example to being a
> self-righteous, in-your-face dweeb---appropriate for a racer, but for
> ordinary vehicles?
>
>
>
> For me, I opted to make the boat a functional EV on the water and a
> curiosity but without being flamboyant, vain or in your face.
>
> Sure, I'd consider flying an appropriate burgee (e.g. when I take out my
> steamboat, I like flying the NW Steam Society burgee), but I don't think I'd
> put a giant lightning bolt on the side of the boat unless it were embedded
> in a NW Native American creature motif.
>
> I didn't start off with this view---after converting my outboard to
> electric, I wanted to repaint it and make some bold "hey it's electric"
> statement. I had similar thoughts about the hull. But then I thought about
> how I'd feel if I came out and found the motor or batteries were stolen.
> Then as I spent more and more time out on the boat on the river as an
> electric, I found it so much more enjoyable to have people figure it out
> that the boat must be electric rather than my telling them with some
> boisterous, loud symbol of any sort. The smart ones get it---the others?
> It doesn't really matter to me I guess. Trolling for salmon next to other
> boaters that cock their heads, then say "wow, that must be electric" is much
> more fun than if I made it painfully obvious, openly gloated or overly
> EV-promoted it in any way.
>
>
>
> So I'm with Eric on this one.but I can see why others might want to shout it
> out loud---go for it!
>
>
>
> -Myles Twete, Portland, Or.
>
> www.evalbum.com/492
>
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