folding, electric powered, foot controlled boat with augers instead of props

[john zimmerlee]

Check out my latest protoype at http://youtube.com/watch?v=RjFxYWHkmKE

I'm getting calls from all over the world.

Please give me your comments, criticism, suggestions.

John Zimmerlee

[Chris Ostlind]

Interesting take, John.

Now, it's going to be about trim if you would like to get the most battery life from your design. Can the battery be spilt into two units so you can balance the weight, or are you thinking that the fisherman's gear is going to offset the battery weight where it is?

I also have some thoughts about your seating unit that might make for a more efficient boat.

[john zimmerlee]

Chris,
Thanks for the comments. The prototype is 10 ft long. That is the max length of the available panel material. It should be 12 feet so that the battery doesn't sink the back of the boat. Longer is faster, as well.

Flotation along the gunnels would help too.

The seat back folds forward to expose a higher casting seat, so you can cast and steer at the same time.

Though novel, folding boats aren't that popular. The boat is still 12 feet long, no matter how thin.

I'm now working on a sectional boat. Mid-section will have motors, augers, seat, foot controls, wheels, and battery box. Bow and stern will faten to mid-section with 4 clamps each. All three sections will nest in a package 36 x 48 x20 inches . . . to fit in the back of pickup or SUV.

John

[owkaye]

Congratulations on another new prototype but you already had a hard shell prototype and now you have a folding prototype and next you will have a boat that disassembles? Why not produce only the unique propulsion system and help people to use them on the boats they already own or on better boats they will purchase new?