" I thought it was interesting though that everyone else on board just took it for granted. "
trolling motors go way back. On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Mark Hanson <[email protected]>wrote: > > Cool Dave! I used to work for Generous Electric (in the Electric Vehicle > group) in P.R. & didn't hear about bio bay, now I'll have to fly there & > see it and ride the electric cat.Have a renewable energy new YearMark in > Roanoke,VAwww.REEVAdiy.org > Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 18:32:36 -0500 > From: "EVDL Administrator" <[email protected]> > To: Electric Vehicle Discussion List <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Electric Boats > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > A bit OT, but here's a real world (commercial) application for E-boats. > > A couple of years ago Margaret and I were playing tourists in Puerto Rico. > Everybody said "don't miss the bio bay," so we didn't. > > The "Bio Bay" is actually three different destinations, all with > dinoflagellates, plankton that emit a faint green glow when disturbed. Very > nifty. Kind of like northern lights in the water, but less colorful and > very dim. The night has to be just about pitch black, or you'll miss them. > > These "bio bays" are a big tourist attraction. Years ago dozens (hundreds?) > of private companies ran boat tours on the bays, but the ICE exhaust was > starting to kill off the dinoflagellates, so ICEs are now illegal. Most > tours these days are in canoes. We were about to do that, but then I found > a company running electric cats. I'd never been in an E-boat, and wasn't > going to to pass up a chance to try one out! > > To cut it short, the cat had two DC motors (the pilot didn't know what > kind). The golf car batteries were under the seats. He said the batteries > were good for about 4-5 seasons of use, which sounds quite reasonable to > me. > Since there was another group waiting when we returned, I assume they run > at least a few trips per night. > > It was pretty quiet, just some prop noise, yet another manifestation of the > EV grin. I thought it was interesting though that everyone else on board > just took it for granted. They were there for the glowing plankton, this > was the way to get to it, no big deal. Probably too much to hope that > they'd eventually think of their daily drivers the same way, but I digress. > > The trip on the bay was comfortable and pleasant, though I can't say the > same for either the diesel cat ocean crossing to the island of Vieques 8 > miles off PR's eastern coast (rough seas), or the (ICEV) van ride to the > bay > over some of the most rutted dirt roads I've ever seen. Still, I'd do it > again, and would recommend it if you're there. > > David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA > EVDL Administrator > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140103/c09a4b54/attachment.htm > > > _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -- Put this question to yourself: should I use everyone else to attain happiness, or should I help others gain happiness? *Dalai Lama * Tell me what it is you plan to do With your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver, "The summer day." To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk. Thomas A. Edison<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/t/thomasaed125362.html> A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought. *Warren Buffet* Michael E. Ross (919) 550-2430 Land (919) 576-0824 <https://www.google.com/voice/b/0?pli=1#phones> Google Phone (919) 631-1451 Cell (919) 513-0418 Desk [email protected] <[email protected]> -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140103/5b474ac8/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
