I am in (retiring soon) east side Cape coral on salt water canal no bridges to caloosahatch ie. Am really leerie of a pontoon on the river except hugging shore but with battery and PV bimini could tootle around. Did the Avon ring in a 58 ft 8 ton diesel and sucked fumes for 10 days @3mph. Literally puke from the fumes Daytripper ev pontoon
-------- Original message -------- From: jerry freedomev <[email protected]> Date:12/28/2013 9:37 AM (GMT-05:00) To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [EVDL] Sailboat conversion Hi Windfield and All, Yes a pontoon boat is about the best for solar EV power. Just don't overload it, not more than half below the waterline, especially if round pontoons or everyone going to one side can make it go under. Best is more rectangular hulls/ pontoons with much more reserve buoyancy ,. I'm just 12 miles SE of Tampa . Jerry Dycus On Saturday, December 28, 2013 8:06 AM, Dan Baker <[email protected]> wrote: Hey Winfield I have a couple solar pontoon boat creations/conversions and so far with using just AGM I've had good success. Range isn't that great but usually isn't required as these craft are usually lake/harbor bound not open ocean. Someday I may change out to Lithium to increase range/reduce weight but where I can get UPS batteries for next free it's a hard sell. FYI if anyone is looking into doing there own conversions and learning more about marine electrical systems I would strongly recommend the American Boating and Yachting Council (ABYC) courses. I had the fantastic opportunity to take a course taught by Ed Sherman, who is also the writer of the "The 12-Volt Bible for Boats" . Electrical standards for boats are a little bit different than street vehicle and I found the course to be very informative. Overalll I found the ABYC program was written for safety sake, not for strict policy enforcement but my government (Canada) and US follow the standard. Thanks, Dan Baker http://www.evalbum.com/3432 http://www.evalbum.com/4767 http://www.evalbum.com/4451 http://www.evalbum.com/4544 On Sat, Dec 28, 2013 at 8:29 AM, [email protected], < [email protected]> wrote: > Is a pontoon boat with complete PV Bimini reasonable? Already have 740w > of 24v panels (4) > > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: jerry freedomev <[email protected]> > Date:12/27/2013 10:52 PM (GMT-05:00) > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Sailboat conversion > > Hi Michael, Rush and All, > > I'm doing a solar powered one now to move on when my house > sells. Heavy old style wood boats are not the best choice for EV use > unless they are racer./fast types that just needs 4 -10 mile range to get > out to sailing area and later coming back to the dock. > > If the boat is a very good sailboat it works as you are mostly > sailing. Also you can use sailing power to recharge the batteries from the > spinning prop. > > Best EV boats are light trailer sailers that need little power > to move and can hold decent battery weight without a problem. longer and > leaner/canoe style are best as the most eff thus why mine is a 34' > trimaran. It'll have both EV motor and tidal generator and wind generator > though they are really doing life testing. Eventually I'l put up 1kw of PV > to run everything including the A/C needed to survive the summer. > > So no lack of electric power plus a gasoline DC generator from > my lightweight EV 's range extender. > > Rush you can have him email me with details of the boat for a > better idea if it's viable. I use forklift motors and contactor > controllers as 3 speeds and reverse is enough for much lower costs. Though > if regen// tidal power is wanted a PM or AC motor needs to be used but they > are not that expensive anymore. > > My body no longer allows me to do that kind of bending work > but happy to help with advice.. It takes me 4-8x's the time to do things > as I use to. but with good planning I can still do things, just takes > longer. > > > Jerry Dycus > > > > On Friday, December 27, 2013 8:47 PM, Michael Hurley <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Dec 26, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Steve Clunn <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Does anybody have any experience in converting a sailboat, 40ft wooden > hull, > > from a diesel to electric? My dad wants to take out his smelly diesel and > > replace it with Elec motor, batteries and generator. The boat is > presently > > on the Eastern shore, he is in FL. > > Jerry Dycus (on this list) lives in Florida, has experience building boats > from scratch and builds electric vehicles as well. 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