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but you ruined the boat... it will never plane again, nobody will ever water ski behind it again, it will take all day to get to the other side of the lake when it should only take 15 minutes. and your proud of it?
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Please put up a link on the how to.. I know i can Google it, but lazy
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Will you please contact me ? I would like your advice on a similar project.
Thank you
Joe Nimens
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attention: .... anyone willing to come to St. Petersburg, Florida... and wanting an electric motor set up that was in a 27' Ericsson sailboat contact: dockmasterted@aol.com and make an offer!.....the motor and all the control boxes and wiring are included. It is a 144 volt electric motor from Solomon Technologies in Tarpon Springs, Florida.
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This boat is amazing !
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So the entire motor is always submerged and it is still zero maintainance?
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Great job zeusdataimage. Nice idea for a fun sunny day.
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I am curious as to just what motors you used, I looked up e-drive on the minnkota site and saw a 2999.99 price per motor. I already have 600 watts of panels, just wonder what motors, Thanks
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Beautiful work! and a great new life for a cool vessel. I imagine she would have ended in a scrap yard. Are You charging solely from the solar panels? What a deal, no fuel cost, ever. Not to mention , no pollution! again, beautiful work! Thanks for sharing this.
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Excellent!! I did the same thing with a golf cart, no more charging the batteries off the grid!
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Very interesting !
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Bravo! This is clearly the future and you're way ahead of the curve :)
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Would love to see more.
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awesome job man!!! if WE can get the cost down just a bit, think of all the old boats that will be saved from becoming flower pots!! i have a 21 ft cuddy with a gas guzzling 235 hp out board.... my family gets scared if i go fast anyway! they (and mores so I) would LOVE LOVE LOVE to cruise at this speed all day!!! thank you for posting all that information too!!!
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Great video! Thanks. I was thinking along these lines, so it's good to see that it is possible.
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Old boat Cruiser inc 25Ft 1981 upgraded to electric motors propulsion and solar for recharging batteries NO MORE GAS, NO POLLUTION, NO MAINTENANCE, NO NOISE For my boat restoration I use 2 electric motors Minn-Kota E-DRIVE 48 volts, Alltrax permanent magnet motor 300Amp controller, 400 Amps reverse solenoid, 48V solar controller 50A, 2X solar panel 250W ... Perfect for lake with motor restriction. Top speed for now 10 KM/H or 5.4 knots, range unlimited on a sunny day... Hope you enjoy watching my electric boat conversion project, boat lovers I will post more videos as I fine tune and upgrade the system don't forget to subscribe to the channel :)