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Topic: Better things are electric........ (Read 15463 times)
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Julian Swindell
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I\\\'m shocked Johan. I thought you Scandinavians were nice people who didn\\\'t build things like that.
Mind you, Daisy Grace is with Matt at the moment for a couple of modifications. I wonder if he could turn her into a \\\"Remote Weapon Station Vehicle for Fire Support\\\" with the ability to park on the sea floor. It would save on mooring fees.
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Tony
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Tony,
Pity the poor benighted foreigner,him learns English out of books!
Well,Johan, at least you made the effort. They must have been a good books to judge by the result. The only Swedish your average Brit (me included) can command was picked up from the subtitles of the \\\"Wallander\\\" series on TV, or leering at Noomi Rapace and (lest I forget)from the instructive CD that came with my Handol woodburner. For responses to your CBL suggestions please see the \\\"Not all Swallow Boats are BayRaiders\\\" thread. Cardigan Bay Luggers , I should remind you, are lit with oil lamps, not electricity and use use outboard motors that run on solid fuel. |
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Tony
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Ok, folks?
It\\\'s fitting out time again!
Question:
Do I go for an electric trolling motor or a nice pair of (longer) oars?
They seem to cost about the same.
(The thousand quid Torqueedo awaits a lottery win - like so much else on my \\\"wants\\\" list. Should have taken up a cheaper obsession. Collecting gin bottles perhaps.)
Cheers!
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Terry Cross
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Question:
Do I go for an electric trolling motor or a nice pair of (longer) oars?
They seem to cost about the same.
Spend your hard earned cash ( or ill-gotten gains ) on a pair of longer oars
Inspired by the success we had with the “Seasnake I fitted on “IONA”.
See Electric outboard on \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Iona!\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"(a Storm 15) I rushed out and bought a more powerful one ( 34lb thrust ) for my 17ft Eagle525 sailing cruiser.
The “blurb” suggested it would push it along at 5knots. NO WAY!
It pushes us out of the marina on Ullswater ok and, if there isn,t any wind, will maintain about 3knots but at anything stronger than about a force 2 we have difficulty in making headway.
I know the Eagle is heavier than “FOUR SISTERS” but I would not entertain anything less than “The thousand quid Torqueedo “ for use on “the briny”
Terry Cross “IONA”
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Tony
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An EAGLE 525? Good for you! Bit of a collector’s item that one. As built by the Richards brothers at Morton boats – before the French plastic bathtubs undercut them and made production unprofitable. How do you find she compares?
You probably already know that Peter and Paul Richards are still running the “best chandlery in Lincolnshire” if you ever need spares/repairs/advice www.mortonboats.co.uk
I get most of my bits from there although these days they mostly cater for the racing types, I think. The chat’s good, too, if you pick a time when they’re not over busy. (If they opened a coffee bar it would always be full!) They even sell Torqueedo’s!
Thanks for the benefit of your experience with the 34lb thrust model. That’s the sort of thing I was thinking of, so you’ved saved me some money there.
Wouldn’t mind making my own oars if I can get the timber.
Can anyone recommend a source? ....and perhaps the make of a cheap-but-ok electric planer?
I still think that electric is the way to go.... lets see how Johan gets on with his fuel cell....or maybe the owner of BayCruiser 23 #1 could let us know how he\\\'s getting on with the Sillette system he installed?
Cheers!
Tony
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Graham W
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Has anyone tried installing the Torqeedo 1003 on a Bayraider? Quite apart from the cost, I suspect that the standard shaft version is too long to tilt up through the outboard well without fouling it. I think it comes with a two blade propellor (unlike the 503) so at least there is no problem with width.
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Craic
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\\\"Better things are electric ...\\\" I very much disagree.: Expensive, limited range, and even dangerous.: Batteries aboard boats are not as safe as one might think, because if there is a short circuit, there is immediate danger of cables smouldering and emitting toxic fumes and danger of a fire breaking out.
I actually had such ocurrences twice. The last case was a short circuit inside a new engine. There is so much moisture aboard a boat, you can never be fully sure the electric circuitry is always safe. An if an electric fire erupts, do not try to extinguish that with water.
The latent dangers of electricity were somewhat pushed aside. But they are popping up again with the advent of electric cars (which will crash) and with the spreading use of photovoltaic cells on the roofs (which produce strong current while the sun shines). Voltage may be fairly low, but the currents are strong enough to cause harm or to electrocute.
Face it, electric things are not better in every respect. And on boats, I consider them to be even worse.
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