All this discussion has been carefully digested by me, and I can put in a baby beta with a generator off a freewheeling propeller shaft for half the price. Still get my regeneration. Its not your fault gentlemen. I am just getting too much variation from every person i talk to. Without some consensus I do not see 7-10k worth of advantage .
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Trisailing <trisailing@...> wrote:
>
> To quote
> Fair winds,
> Eric
> Marina del Rey, CA
>
>
> "Apparently, you lost all of your ground tackle too. I'm not sure why
> anyone would motor into the darkness near dangerous waters with the
> primary drive near empty, but this scenario is filled with a series of
> bad decisions. Even a Honda portable generator would get you away from
> the rocks unless you're in a current that exceeds 3kts.
>
> If you had a diesel as your primary drive, would your first response be
> to take off at full throttle? As long as we're creating a worst case
> scenario, we might as well include that you used all of your fuel making
> microwave popcorn and fresh water for the converted cockpit jacuzzi
> party, so the geneset won't run anyway.
>
> Seriously, dropping an anchor stops all of this right now. If you're in
> blue water, in conditions that you would rather not sail in, the
> traditional responses like lying ahull or deploying a sea anchor are
> still efffective."
>
> Thank goodness someone added some common sense to this. I was about to
> say that Seamanship should come first. Many people sail around the world
> without an engine, let alone an electric one. And if you have to add a
> generator to power up the batteries, Why bother? Whats the advantage?
> Just put an engine in and be done with it. The Only way I would consider
> an electric motor is if it can be recharged without a generator.
> Otherwise the whole Idea flies in the face of common sense. And water
> and electricity don't mix.
>
> Trisailing
>
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