Rush, About 2 years ago or so on this list there was a discussion between several converter/builders of boats to electric. Mark Hansen was one of the people providing his story and experience, so you may find interesting info in the archives as well, in addition to the other suggestions.
BTW, what does your father plan to do with the electric drive? Just get in/out the harbor or also make the full trip on electric power? That will determine the size of battery bank... It is good to have a backup - he might want to keep the Diesel if it can provide enough electric (recharge) power or even the propulsion when needed, but not use it when sailing or as long as he has electric drive. Success, Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: cwa...@proxim.com Private: http://www.cvandewater.info Skype: cor_van_de_water Tel: +1 408 383 7626 -----Original Message----- From: ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Rush Dougherty Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2013 11:16 PM To: EVDL Subject: [EVDL] Sailboat conversion Hi all, 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. Thanks Merry Xmas and Happy New Year to all. Rush www.TucsonEV.com _______________________________________________________ Unlimited Disk, Data Transfer, PHP/MySQL Domain Hosting http://www.doteasy.com _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
