T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] 36 foot cutter rig steel sailboat converted to electric drive

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Re: [Electric Boats] 36 foot cutter rig steel sailboat converted to electric drive

That was a good post.
All the nay sayers out there , electric is good only for day sailing.
It's nice to see electric boats are out there cruising.

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On Thu, 4/27/17, Chris Hudson clh5_98@yahoo.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Subject: Re: [Electric Boats] 36 foot cutter rig steel sailboat converted to electric drive
To: electricboats@yahoogroups.com
Date: Thursday, April 27, 2017, 8:37 AM

Daniel,Great post and
wonderful example of what our boats can do.
Chris

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On Apr 26,
2017, at 10:06, Daniel Simas danielsimas@yahoo.com
[electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
wrote:

Hello,I
have a 36 foot steel hull cutter rig sailboat that I have
converted to electric drive. I replaced the broken Perkins
4108 with an electric propulsion kit from Electric Yacht.
the kit came with 2 motors and controllers mounted on a
frame that belt drives the prop shaft. It puts out 20 KW of
electric power. I went with a Lithium propulsion battery
bank that consists of Torqeedo batteries arranged in a
series parallel to make 48 volts with 208 amp hours. I
converted the boat in Quebec and motor/sailed all the way to
Florida via the ICW then to the Bahamas and back to
Florida.To
charge and extend the range I have a 5.5Kw diesel generator
that will give me 50A DC through the chargers for the
Torqeedo batteries. She is not fast but what sailboat is. I
can go for just under 1 hr at full throttle(300A draw) and
the boat moves at hull speed (6.9 Knts) then the batteries
are depleted and I am limited to what the chargers can give
(50A). Motoring in the ICW I was averaging 4.5 knts with the
generator on and a charged battery bank in the morning
starting out I could easily maintain that speed all day 8 to
10 hrs moving. If I planned on a stop at a marina for the
night I would shut the generator off a couple hours away
from the marina and use the batteries. Shore power
recharging at 120v takes about 8 hours if the bank is down
all the way it is half that time with the generator since it
is putting out 240volts to the chargers. Usually most nights
I would anchor and just cook diner with the electric stove
while charging back up and within a couple hours of
generator charging the bank was back around 90%
full.It
has been a great learning experience converting the boat and
traveling long distances with her.Electric
boats can go everywhere!

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