Recent content by Roland

Roamad, we use a ePropulsion Navy 6 2024 model (redesigned to be 66 pounds instead of the previous 80 something pounds). It is a 6kW motor that we have never taken above about 2900 watts (when we realized that passing two 900 foot barges that were passing each other in a 200 foot wide channel...

From Chicago down to the Mississippi (which is mostly on the Illinois river) we had a little current helping us but not an insane amount. We did around 4.5 knots on 500 watts, so probably 0.5 to 0.7 kt current. There were quite a few marina. We were meandering but traveling mostly west and so...

I had given some thoughts to hacking a monohull sailboat into a electric power cruiser, possibly adding a outrigger to give a large area for solar. Cats are rare compared to mono but there is the option of scratch building....add years to the project though.

Rob, on our just finished 1100 mile leg of the Great Loop, we employed 600 watts of CIGS (bougerv yuma 200watt with grommets). We rolled them up in bad weather (only once) and put all three in a 14 inch diameter duffel bag. Try that with glass panels! Shade tolerance was awesome. They were...

I am quite interested in your C-Dory electric propulsion. We also are doing electric propulsion, a Navy 6 on a 17 foot Montgomery sailboat (overkill, could have used a 3kW but wanted the new 2024 motor design of the Navy 6). Using a 10.6kWh battery bank and 600 watts of CIGS solar, we motored...