TWL: Engine size--An Electric boat?
Subject: TWL: Engine size--An Electric boat?
From: Eric Walburgh (ericwalburgh@XXX.XXX)
Date: Sun Apr 01 2001 - 11:36:18 EDT
Is it impossible or prohibitively impractical to design and build a
12-16,000 lb. displacement boat of about 28-32' LWL with a 'troller' hull
design using an electric motor, and diesel generators?
I ask this because I'm discouraged.
I'm in the market for a boat of this size and hull shape, but, having just
returned from Trawler Fest, the boats of this size all seem to have 200+ hp
monsters that have a noisy exhausts and are way more than than the 30+/-hp
engine I'd need to efficiently cruise at hull speed. I know one could custom
build a boat and use any diesel engine they wanted, but wouldn't it be nice
to have the quietness of an electric motor and only the hum of a small
generator or two? Paul Browne of Geezer Boatworks and I noted this trend for
big motors (he has the one lunger that came originally with his converted
lifeboat), but Paul seemed to think such a setup would be impossible.
Comments?
Eric Walburgh
Asheville, NC
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