Aiming for 800 to 1200 watts of solar. Will of course use Lithium Iron Phosphate batteries. The hard part is picking the motor. Looking at...
Tests beat calculations. Every time. The boat is in the water and has a roll period of 2 seconds and a beam of 8.5 feet. By the numbers it is...
Sailing is definitely greener. But - I don’t want to sail. I don’t want to put up a mast or wrangle ropes or tack. I want to putter along...
Correct. No mast, no 2200 lb cast iron keel. Replaced keel with a 150 “skeg keel” ll feet long but only 4” high. Added another 560 lbs of brick...
Roll period is 2.0 seconds. Hull beam is 8.5 feet, or 2.6 meters. Plenty of stability. When I add a large canopy with solar panels up high I...
I am planning on doing a roll period test tomorrow. I will use slow mo video to measure roll period in seconds. I have 540 lbs of removeable...
Front view by Jeff in Boston posted Aug 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM Side view by Jeff in Boston posted Aug 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM New keel! by Jeff in...
Project Update! New keel attached! (Outboard gas) Motor working! Rails finished! Holes patched! Planning to put it in the water...
Keel was bolted with 5/8"-11 fiberglass bolts and a ton of six10 epoxy. Then filled with gravel, self leveling concrete and discount deep pour epoxy.
Finally working hard on the boat again! I have the stanchion bases finally installed, using 3/8" G10 backing plates and 316 SS 1/4"-20 Tee nuts...
