a great conversion…
As always, Atom Voyager takes an outboard conversion to what I can only term as ‘High Art’. Seriously, this is the way to do it.
Propulsion
on the most important propulsion system available to us…
This bit of news got me thinking about electric propulsion, various mindsets on sailing and what passes for the norm where sailing is concerned. Now, as someone who spent over a decade obsessed with getting affordable electric propulsion to work as a sustainable system aboard “So It Goes”, it’s safe to say that I’ve spent …
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a missed opportunity…
As it seems that more human auxiliary powered sailboat were collected for the 2022 R2AK it would have been nice to have a race on the side for the competitors to display their various systems. A not-very-fast drag race if you will. I don’t know about you but I’d love to see a lot more …
a question of propulsion…
Sailboat propulsion by means other than sail can be a problematic affair. Fact is, whenever I read through sailboat ads in the VolksCruiser price range there seems to be no shortage of boats for sale that don’t have a working engine. Which is hardly surprising considering most folks I know tend to have expensive ongoing …
A new YouTube channel you might want to check out…
A family of six on an engineless Ericson 28. Most certainly a channel I’ll be following.
Some excellent reading…
In the new issue of WoodenBoat magazine there is a really excellent article on doing an affordable and sensible electric propulsion system in a sailboat. In short, pretty much everything you need to know with zero BS content. Some of you might find it needful reading…
I’m pretty sure this is not exactly an example of progress…
Is it just me or am I the only one who’s noticed the somewhat alarming fact that you can now buy cans of gas for your outboard for $7.99 a quart? While I get the whole ethanol is bad for outboards and suchlike, the idea that we’re reduced to buying gas for more than I …
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Horsepower and sail area…
That somewhat sad and neglected Gemini catamaran is a great example of the more is better silliness where engines and horsepower come into play… Really, eighty horsepower? The Gemini is a light boat (some might even say TOO light) and it does not take a lot of power to make it get up and go. …
A quick thought about a couple of extra knots…
Tad Roberts has a new design in the works which, I expect, I’ll be telling you a lot more about in the next week or so, but for the moment, I’d just like to point out something important about it and boats in general… Speed: 6.5 knots with 15HP outboard, 9 knots with 40HP A …