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The video that the person made has the stats. (see further up, its only about 8 minutes) From memory its a 5.4kw array with 8kw motor. At 400w it can (on a cal

The video that the person made has the stats. (see further up, its only about 8 minutes) From memory its a 5.4kw array with 8kw motor. At 400w it can (on a calm inland sea) cruise at around 3 knots. Top speed of ~9 knots. Its made from plywood so its super light. he wants to take it across the atlantic, which I think is brave given that its not got any compartments(that I could see in the video), so any breech means it'll sink in minutes.

seec 1y ago
Brave or stupid ? What I could get is that he is a young fool looking for "freedom" where there is none to be found. The boat isn't even interesting anyway, it's a bit dumb to spend that much money on an inadequate power solution when a cheap refurbished ICE would have been just fine.
- KaiserPro 1y ago
  > cheap refurbished ICE would have been just fine. I mean an outboard would do, but then you are limited by range, also its noisy as hell. Sure you _could_ install an inboard second hand cummings with 10k hours. but thats not cheap or easy. So you're left with outboard motors. They are cheap and don't vibrate the entire boat, but they are still noisy. Plus they aren't actually that much cheaper to buy than electric. but then there is the running cost, it'll be (at uk prices) about £3.50 an hour to run on diesel, vs £0 on solar. Plus all the extra space for not having to install fuel tanks. my issue is more that the hull is untested and doesn't look all that strong.
  - seec 1y ago
    Sure, if you plan on running the boat as a way to make money the total running cost would make sense, but it's just a leisure boat so the financial aspect isn't really good to start with. It's just a way to have fun while burning money. But yes the bigger problem is the hull, that clearly isn't ready for difficult situations and this is why I said that. If you just want to have fun it's not really worth it to spend all that money for mediocre capacity when you could have gotten a decent experience for much less. I really don't get it, a sail boat makes much more sense if you just want to have fun without relying too much on a noisy motor.

seec 1y ago

Brave or stupid ? What I could get is that he is a young fool looking for "freedom" where there is none to be found. The boat isn't even interesting anyway, it's a bit dumb to spend that much money on an inadequate power solution when a cheap refurbished ICE would have been just fine.

KaiserPro 1y ago
> cheap refurbished ICE would have been just fine. I mean an outboard would do, but then you are limited by range, also its noisy as hell. Sure you _could_ install an inboard second hand cummings with 10k hours. but thats not cheap or easy. So you're left with outboard motors. They are cheap and don't vibrate the entire boat, but they are still noisy. Plus they aren't actually that much cheaper to buy than electric. but then there is the running cost, it'll be (at uk prices) about £3.50 an hour to run on diesel, vs £0 on solar. Plus all the extra space for not having to install fuel tanks. my issue is more that the hull is untested and doesn't look all that strong.
- seec 1y ago
  Sure, if you plan on running the boat as a way to make money the total running cost would make sense, but it's just a leisure boat so the financial aspect isn't really good to start with. It's just a way to have fun while burning money. But yes the bigger problem is the hull, that clearly isn't ready for difficult situations and this is why I said that. If you just want to have fun it's not really worth it to spend all that money for mediocre capacity when you could have gotten a decent experience for much less. I really don't get it, a sail boat makes much more sense if you just want to have fun without relying too much on a noisy motor.