Trevor wrote: > I like the idea of the electric motor/generator - I recently read of a > couple, in Cambridge somewhere I think, who were building a nb this > way. He figured that with his preference for '240 volt living' he > would do away with gearboxes, etc., and had a genny installed instead > - with an electric motor tucked onto the end of the propshaft. > > Unfortunately I've lost the link at the moment - but I was very taken > with the idea (although not the eventual cost!), if only because the > drive takes up so little space, only about 15" or so. > > If it was *that* quiet though I think I might have fitted a sound > board and waterproof speaker as there are some great sound effects > available for boat modelers; maybe a single cylinder, air-start Ailsa > Craig - complete with synchronized exhaust pipe flutter valve .. lol!
Electric boats are *quiet*. We once hired a fully electic boat from Castle Narrowboats on the Mon & Brec, we got within 3ft of a kingfisher sitting on a branch, before he realized that we were coming his way... Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein
