Propulsion

a current project…

A very good point, EBM says the needful, and in the “interesting breakdowns” department… I’m just about to put together a project kit to build a Jean-du-Sud style, side-mounted outboard bracket for the Islander. Which will be an interim solution for the morphing diesel to electric propulsion process. You know, something like this… Far Reach …

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doing stuff on a budget…

Something I did not know about landfills, an interesting read, and some Cosplay Barbie news… The June issue of Caribbean Compass has an interesting article about crossing the Atlantic west to east entitled Crossing the Atlantic, an Electric-Powered Passage: Part II. It’s worth the read. However, I have a few quibbles with the methodology and …

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some current thoughts…

An interesting article on navigation, a book I think I need to read, and in the “STUPID STUPID STUPID” department… Yachting Monthly has a most excellent article on the reality of electric propulsion. Really, you should read it. Having had three different electric propulsion systems on “So It Goes”, I’m well acquainted with both the …

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Today’s task…

I really should quit reading the news in the morning. Now, what I really want to do this morning is to build some trolling lures. I could sit in the cockpit and cobble fish seducing works of art while listening to some great music. That would be right in the middle of one of my …

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TFH*…

I have to admit I really don’t like internal combustion engines when they are part of a sailboat. Partly because they’re dirty foul things that take a disproportionate chunk of the cost of owning a boat. I mention this because I recently caught a review of a Sigmadrive unit that made a strong case for …

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If it ain’t broke…

The late, great Thomas Colvin advised that one needed about 1HP per ton of displacement for one’s auxiliary engine. Note the emphasis on the word auxiliary. Using Colvin’s formula, that works out to an 8HP engine for the Islander 36. Our current raw water cooled Yanmar 3HM is a 27HP. Of course, Tom Colvin was …

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