John do you have more on the utility - is it hull boat mass or the
>>> > dring
>>> > style that makes it work so well?
hull design
>>> > dring
>>> > style that makes it work so well?
hull design
needle
very low drag
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From: John Paramore <watertoyz@frontier.com>
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Propane outboard engine
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 11:15 PM
Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Propane outboard engine
Ummmmmm...What?
On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:
> needle boat - very low drag
>
>
> Nemo dat quod non habet
>
>> From: John Paramore <watertoyz@frontier.com>
>> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Propane outboard engine
>>
>>
>> I've had to think about that one..."The Utility" was Snohomish County
>> Public Utility No. 1, the electric utility I retired from about 20
>> years ago. if you were asking about the marathon boat's though, I
>> thought I'd placed pictures in the photo's section, but apparently
>> not .
>>
>> So I've attached a picture of what i thought was the best entry. It
>> finished second in both the first and second marathon, mostly due to
>> getting outfoxed by the winner, but it was a nifty design by Yacht
>> designer Tim Nolan that was at home on lakes and in the open waters
>> of puget sound.
>>
>> The hull's a 24 foot "tortured mahogany slipper powered by 2 car
>> batteries. Initially the team set speed through switching but the
>> following year they switched to a curtis controller. The motor's a 1
>> hp Bosch in an inboard configuration pulling a huge slow-turning 3-
>> blade prop. In its first competition it ran 72 miles in 12 hours. A
>> year later it ran the same distance in 6 hours. It's certainly longer
>> and slicker than a dinghy, but I think what the layout and design of
>> a dinghy loses to it can be nearly made up with through battery tech.
>>
>> John
>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 17, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Andrew Gilchrist wrote:
>>>
>>> > John do you have more on the utility - is it hull boat mass or the
>>> > dring
>>> > style that makes it work so well?
>>
On Feb 20, 2012, at 8:57 PM, Kirk McLoren wrote:
> needle boat - very low drag
>
>
> Nemo dat quod non habet
>
>> From: John Paramore <watertoyz@frontier.com>
>> To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
>> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 8:42 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] Re: Propane outboard engine
>>
>>
>> I've had to think about that one..."The Utility" was Snohomish County
>> Public Utility No. 1, the electric utility I retired from about 20
>> years ago. if you were asking about the marathon boat's though, I
>> thought I'd placed pictures in the photo's section, but apparently
>> not .
>>
>> So I've attached a picture of what i thought was the best entry. It
>> finished second in both the first and second marathon, mostly due to
>> getting outfoxed by the winner, but it was a nifty design by Yacht
>> designer Tim Nolan that was at home on lakes and in the open waters
>> of puget sound.
>>
>> The hull's a 24 foot "tortured mahogany slipper powered by 2 car
>> batteries. Initially the team set speed through switching but the
>> following year they switched to a curtis controller. The motor's a 1
>> hp Bosch in an inboard configuration pulling a huge slow-turning 3-
>> blade prop. In its first competition it ran 72 miles in 12 hours. A
>> year later it ran the same distance in 6 hours. It's certainly longer
>> and slicker than a dinghy, but I think what the layout and design of
>> a dinghy loses to it can be nearly made up with through battery tech.
>>
>> John
>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 17, 2012, at 2:51 PM, Andrew Gilchrist wrote:
>>>
>>> > John do you have more on the utility - is it hull boat mass or the
>>> > dring
>>> > style that makes it work so well?
>>
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