SomeSailor
Guru
- Joined
- Oct 22, 2011
- Messages
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- Vessel Name
- Honey Badger
- Vessel Make
- 42' CHB Europa
Thank's SomeSailor. You didn't need to say that but you did.
Rick misses the fact that these boats have electric motors dragging screws. They function as generators in that configuration.
Do they add drag? Sure. But no more than running on one engine and dragging a screw on our current boats. The difference is the turning screw is feeding power back to a battery. In some cases the motor that has been replaced by a generator is charging as well.
You can travel by pure electric, diesel electric, or pure diesel. In any case you get to make use use energy taken on at the dock and from solar panels.
The diesel-electric series-hybrid drives are already available, just not cost effective for an old boat. The neat thing is you could have completely variable / near instant power. No more Velvet drives.