Although I'm still using an ICE aux. on my sailboat, I got rid of my shorepower charger a few years ago. I too rarely tie up to land except for my homeport.
I have a high output alternator but last year I installed 2 50 watt panels in case I lost everything offshore and have been pleasantly surprised at how well they keep my bank topped up.
My next boat, ICE or electric will have them anywhere I can put them.
eric SV Meander
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "Capt. Mike" <biankablog@...> wrote:
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> I don't tie up to a dock often. But, sometimes when I'm on a cruise one needs to for provisions. water etc... Some marinas are charging crazy prices for dockside electricity. Twenty dollars per day! Nice to be able to say "No Thanks" I'll use my solar panels instead.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "cire" <cirejay@...>
> Sender: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 12:05:58
> To: <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
> Reply-to: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Costs of running a small electric boat
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> I suspect that we do it for many different reason, both collectively and individually.
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> eric SV Meander
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> --- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, oak <oak_box@> wrote:
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> > I'll bite...
> > Â
> > In my case, electricity is covered in the dock fee. So far, I only have 2 x 12V batteries (that will become 4 as quickly as I can get there!). I could easily add enough solar panels to charge the 4 batteries during the majority of the week that I'm away from the boat.
> > Â
> > But I would ONLY be doing it because of the "cool" factor, and because "it felt good".  I could spend several hundred on small panels and regulators that otherwise wouldn't be required at all. It would just give me bragging rights that (after the initial investment, and neglecting batteries), I was "sailing for free".   :)
> > Â
> > We don't do this because we're trying to save $$.  If we were, we'd be carving dugout kayaks.  :)
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Don Parsons <tdparsons@>
> > To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Monday, July 8, 2013 8:27 PM
> > Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: Costs of running a small electric boat
> >
> >
> > Â
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> >
> > --- In mailto:electricboats%40yahoogroups.com, "stmbtwle" <stmbtwle@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Solar panels are getting cheaper all the time, and they last a LOOONG time, much longer than the batteries. IMO the biggest cost of electric (over time or miles) is still the batteries.
> > >
> > > The environmental costs of coal/oil/gas/lead/uranium have to be considered, but there seems to be no way to get actual, reliable numbers. There are so many conflicting "studies".
> > >
> > > Willie
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> >
> > Well lets throw out the environmental side of this and just think of it in terms of what we spend our money on in boats.
> > A new set of cushions for the cockpit for example could cost you a boat buck or even more. How long before those cushions get paid back to you?
> > They don't, the more you use them the less you get back.
> > A boat bucks worth of solar panels on the other hand will start to pay for themselves over their lifespan. The more they get used the more they pay themselves off.
> > About the only other item on a boat that I can think of that pays itself off before its worn out is a fishing rod.
> > Honestly, think about it. What else does that?
> > Maybe sails on a sailboat? Maybe, if you actually sail more than motor and take really good care of them. I don't know.
> > Just seems to me that solar panels should be at the top of the list to get on an electric boat.
> > Am I not getting something here?
> > Why should they even be compared to land produced electricity?
> >
> > Don
> >
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