T-Pain Is On A Boat: Re: [Electric Boats] Bellmarine Ecodrive

Sunday, August 18, 2019

Re: [Electric Boats] Bellmarine Ecodrive

Hi Stephen 6hp Blaxland Chapman motors are very rare now days. Is it the single cylinder model. You will get some money for the old engine from the historic small engine guys for sure to offset the cost of electric propulsion. I am based in Brisbane and looked into what was available locally about 12 months ago. To sum up not much. The Bell marine gear is great but very expensive here in Australia. Have you had a look at the All4solar website their prices are a bit more competitive. They are based in Cairns. I believe you probably need a least 5kw for a 18ft boat. It also depends how handy you are. A cheaper option is to buy the parts and put your own system together. I personally went for a 10kw Thunderstruck kit for my 17ft putt putt.

On Sun, Aug 18, 2019 at 7:03 AM Sally Reuther smreuther@gmail.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups..com> wrote:

Hi Abdullah,

Unfortunately that system, HybridMaster, is no longer being produced. The link I put in the last reply for some reason takes you to an older version of the site. If you go up to the right corner and click on the UK flag it should take you to the newest site. You can then click on Assortment to see what is currently offered. The thing with the HybridMaster was it was very difficult to make work well as we understand. A few other companies have tried the same thing with the smaller hp diesels and it hasn't seemed to work out.

Transfluid, who now owns BellMarine, does have an electric hybrid motor that couples to a diesel engine, but you have to have at least a 100hp engine. The only manufacturer that is currently doing the parallel hybrid is Beta working with Hybrid Marine in the UK. http://hybrid-marine.co.uk/5.html

Things keep changing and new designs are always coming out. There may be advances in the parallel hybrid for smaller diesel engines. Until then, look at Hybrid Marine and Beta. I have no idea of the cost on those however.

Sally Reuther
Annapolis Hybrid Marine

On Sat, Aug 17, 2019 at 1:55 PM Abdullah Dimion abdullahdimion@gmail.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hey Sally

In fear of derailing the thread... the hybridmaster system they have? You know the cost of it? Looking at repowering with a 50hp beta marine diesel... wouldnt mind having that hybrid as a back up drive.

Or could I get it now and switch it between engines? because repowering is a couple years out and playing with hybrid could be nice. Im a fan of hybrid over pure electric and/or diesel.

Abdullah

On Fri., Aug. 16, 2019, 08:57 Sally Reuther smreuther@gmail.com [electricboats], <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Stephen,

We have been working with BellMarine here in the US for over 4 years now. The product is very well designed and would be a good choice for your boat. If you haven't been to their direct website, it is:
http://www.bellmarine.nl/?nr=12&Assortment

Sally Reuther
Annapolis Hybrid Marine

On Fri, Aug 16, 2019 at 10:01 AM grundysj@bigpond.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:

Hi,
I have 18' open sailing boat. I am looking to replace existing 6HP blaxland 2-stoke with electric propulsion. Based on what i have read on this email group I think a 2-3kw engine will be ideal. In Australia I have not found found many local options for electric engines. One option I have found is Bell Marine engine from a local Sydney distributor. Does anybody have any experience with this direct drive engine? Or if you know of alternatives in the Australian market I would love to hear about them.
Regards,
Stephen