Hi Eric,
Sorry for the long absence, which, for a writer, is unforgivable, but I've been busy earning those things called Freedom Chips by flying all over the US and Canada with this current work project — gotta grab that cash while I can, right?
As for Sine Metu, work has stalled out. I am only home on the weekends and planning my next upgrades — dropping the mast and rerigging with Dyneema Dux and titanium mounting hardware and getting bids on a new set of sails (toss up right now between Doyle, North, and Mack Sails), and I'm now selling the motorcycle to pay for the Hydrovane gear.
The electric drive is fully assembled and I am waiting on a few mail order parts to do the final-final installation. I've ordered a battery lug crimper so that I can avoid hammering the shit out of that hammer crimper. Besides, with almost 40 crimps to make (12 batteries, 3 fuse assemblies, the bus bar connections, the drive connections and the 12 volt house banks) it seemed like a worthwhile tool to have. But as for the actual project I'm sad to say that my latest, biggest decision was to go with yellow for the ground wires instead of black.
So, even though the "actual" work has slowed due to paying work taking precedence, there is progress! My late September departing date is still on the calendar.
And Eric, thanks for the prompt to do more than just read Electric Boats! I look forward to hopefully meeting you as I sail up towards your waters during my shake down cruises this summer.
JB
sv Sine Metu
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Eric" wrote:
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> It looks like John stopped by and posted some pics of his '63 Columbia 24' that he is converting to electric. With this last post here and his last boat entry in his blog being dated Sept 2012, it would be nice to hear how the project is going.
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> John, are you around?
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> Fair winds,
> Eric
> Marina del Rey, CA
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