Function of electric power aside, unless one is exclusively connected to shore power, you need a big array of solar panels. To my eye, they ruin the beauty that a C&C design presents.
With regards to electric power with a sail drive, I would not want a hunk of aluminum stuck in salt water, a hunk with the need to replace a gasket on a regular schedule. Much more involved than changing the strut bearing and packing. Ed Levert C&C 34 Briar Patch New Orleans, La On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 7:13 PM Joe Della Barba via CnC-List < cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Electric power is HUGELY dependent on what you expect to do with your > boat. I just got back from taking my boat to the yard. That was 4 hours at > 6.5 knots. If I had enough batteries to do that with electricity I could > forgo the keel. It wouldn't be unusual for us to cover 60-80 miles under > power in a day on a cruise and one memorable trip - for bad reasons - we > motored from Annapolis to Long Island sound. When you have 2 or 3 weeks > vacation, someplace to be, and no wind forecast for days on end electric > isn't going to work at all. It wasn't real fun, but we got to see all of > Long Island Sound and actually had 30 knots on the beam from Block Island > to Cape May going home :) > > OTOH some people live where there is a consistent breeze and only need to > get in and out of a marina or mooring field. Electric is great for that. > > Joe > > Coquina > > > On 8/11/2020 3:51 PM, Nathan Post via CnC-List wrote: > > Chandler, > Glad that my ramblings were useful. Honestly, I do think that electric > systems are the way of the future and with an engineering background it > should be entirely doable for you. I am a mechanical engineer and work > wind wind energy so I have a pretty good grasp of the fundamentals although > I am no expert in batteries and controllers - in any case feel free to run > things by me if you want. Sounds like an exciting project and I would love > to follow along and see what you decide. I also didn't know that Rob Ball > had converted his 34 to electric so that is encouraging and a nice data > point! Starting with a good motor and controller and some cheap batteries > that can be upgraded later could be a good way to go. Maybe I'll start > putting together the specs for a system for my boat this winter ... > > Anyhow, if you can limp the old engine along, getting to head out and sail > your new boat a this season while you figure it out sounds like a great > plan. Definitely the best to get out sailing and then see what things you > want to change/improve. I suggest you invest in a US Tow Boat gold > membership (something like $250/year I think) so if your engine dies and > there is no wind you can get a tow back home without breaking the bank. > > BTW, Stu (who manages the list) requests that we all trim out the previous > messages from our replies so as not to fill up the list server storage > faster than required (otherwise every message gets stored multiple times). > > Nathan > > S/V Wisper > > 1981 C&C 34 > > Lynn MA > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and > every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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