Electric Boats

Electric Boats




Ok, so I know this might be a controversial topic for some, but I'm going to post it anyway. Regardless of the "saving the earth" claims, there are some very real benefits to electrical. If you still choose to take the topic sideways, that's on you and that's OK. Just don't be surprised if it gets deleted.

I've never thought twice about about electric boats. I've had small Jon boats, very fast bass boats, and even 30' overnight dual station cruisers. My favorite is the bass boat. 60 MPH down the Cape Fear river and into the vast Cape River basin area will always be the mark.

Fast forward to now and I don't have a boat. Several kayaks, but that's it.

I just read this review (linked) and now I'm a lot more interested. If you have a private dock with 220 or even 110, this seems like a pretty good future. No more having to run to a station and fill up with $500 in gas (if your lucky). Just charge for $12 that night and be ready. Range is the issue (just like cars), but when I think back on my trips, I'm well within the range. I'm not going 20 miles offshore and I'm really never going 20 miles anywhere. Even so, this boat could do it.

Sailing is the ultimate clean energy, but this is something to watch for. [watch the video!]

This boats design is pretty cool as well.

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Electric sailboats make the most sense. The new "RE-GEN" drives actually reposition your prop for max efficiency as a generator while under sail. On top of that you can add wind and solar, both of which are the MOST available on large bodies of water. I wouldn't do electric on any other type of vessel. That's just me though.

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Electric sailboats make the most sense. The new "RE-GEN" drives actually reposition your prop for max efficiency as a generator while under sail. On top of that you can add wind and solar, both of which are the MOST available on large bodies of water. I wouldn't do electric on any other type of vessel. That's just me though.

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Beach Farmer

For deep channel and bluewater, absolutely. There's nothing like sailing with no noise under wind power. Will always be the first choice.

Now for the back bays and skinny water most people boat in, electric should be an option. Hell, I used the electric trolling motor on my bass boat more than the big Johnson.

The 30' dual station. That was a V8 (OMC Cobra drive) with 105 gallon tank. I never came close to using it properly though. The linked electric boat would have easily handled everything I did with that boat.


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Great info, jdubs! I will make sure hubby reads this as he is all about boats! Very interesting and it is the wave of the future. He will always own a boat until he cannot drive one any longer so I am sure he will look into it if the Kattitude bites the dust. We just put a new motor on her last fall, so hoping she will last a bit. (Shout out to Bill's Marine in Colington...he and Kaitlin are the best!)

We did break down and bought an electric mower for the beach cottage. Our push mower just got too salted during the bad weather over Christmas. We love the new mower and it only weighs 40 pounds and easy for me to push. We can fold it up and put it in our second story outside closet where it is safe and protected) It's really cute. Hope I didn't derail on the mower...but just thought about the electric items.....


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They’re not close to imitating a pair of Yamaha F250’s with fly by wire electronic controls. Maybe one day but for now they can’t replace the blatty-bleedy-blatty of a big block with tuned exhaust!


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We did break down and bought an electric mower for the beach cottage. Our push mower just got too salted during the bad weather over Christmas. We love the new mower and it only weighs 40 pounds and easy for me to push. We can fold it up and put it in our second story outside closet where it is safe and protected) It's really cute. Hope I didn't derail on the mower...but just thought about the electric items.....

Bentmtn

For yard work, I'm almost all converted to electric. Trimmer's, blowers, edgers, even the tiller are electric now. Push mower is also electric now. All use the same batteries as my a lot of my shop tools. No brainer really. I gave away the 5HP Kohler motor push mower. Still ran great, but way overkill for what I used it for.

I do still have and use my 1998 lawn tractor. Still going strong and easily handles the yard I have. When It goes though, it'll be replaced with an electric one. I was once a never electric person, but I'm much more comfortable with it now, where it make sense.


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We used the e- mower twice when we were in Frisco the last couple of weeks and it is so quiet and did a great job. I like to mow early in the morning before it gets too hot in the summer and now I won't disturb the neighbors.


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They’re not close to imitating a pair of Yamaha F250’s with fly by wire electronic controls. Maybe one day but for now they can’t replace the blatty-bleedy-blatty of a big block with tuned exhaust!

Squid Pro Quo

What's the use case for that though? Twin F250's? Where are you going, and how far with those F250's? Would have to be a bigger boat with a large tank. Fill that tank up a couple times and without a corresponding income, it gets old.

I don't think they are trying to imitate anything. If sound is what you like about boating, you should never go sailing. I love a good exhaust sound, but not on the water. I have a nice sports car with a really nice sound. Great on the road. Not so much on the water.




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Spoil sport!



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Cool to see all these electric versions of some of our favorite toys make their way into the market, from bikes to boats. So the Eelex 8000 will set you back about $340k and the X Shore1 about $140k. Not surprising. Here is a commercially available “foil” version of an electric boat, Candela, for about the same $340k price tag. More cool stuff I’ll happily observe from the sidelines. It’ll be interesting to see how it all evolves

The only current “extravagant” electrified water toy on my retirement bucket list would be a Lift 4 Efoil for tooling around in the sound and the ocean on those no wind days, and teaching the youngsters to foil when they come to visit Tounge smiley




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Ok, so I know this might be a controversial topic for some, but I'm going to post it anyway. Regardless of the "saving the earth" claims, there are some very real benefits to electrical. If you still choose to take the topic sideways, that's on you and that's OK. Just don't be surprised if it gets deleted.

I've never thought twice about about electric boats. I've had small Jon boats, very fast bass boats, and even 30' overnight dual station cruisers. My favorite is the bass boat. 60 MPH down the Cape Fear river and into the vast Cape River basin area will always be the mark.

Fast forward to now and I don't have a boat. Several kayaks, but that's it.

I just read this review (linked) and now I'm a lot more interested. If you have a private dock with 220 or even 110, this seems like a pretty good future. No more having to run to a station and fill up with $500 in gas (if your lucky). Just charge for $12 that night and be ready. Range is the issue (just like cars), but when I think back on my trips, I'm well within the range. I'm not going 20 miles offshore and I'm really never going 20 miles anywhere. Even so, this boat could do it.

Sailing is the ultimate clean energy, but this is something to watch for. [watch the video!]

This boats design is pretty cool as well.

J4yDubs


I have several electrically driven things for the water, not sure if I would ever buy an electric boat. I've got a couple Boost Fins I bought for surfing but now use on my SUP's it works very well. Click to follow link...

I also have an electric water scooter which is a blast Click to follow link...

I don't even want to think what it would cost to fill my last boat, Boston Whaler Dauntless with an 80 gallon tank

I have a bunch of EGO stuff, the mower I have with a 10amp battery works very very well.


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Most people don't know this, but about 80% of ships are electric motor driven. Take cruise ships for example: They have electric motor to run the prop shafts and a big diesel generator to provide power for the motors and other needs. Nuclear ships generate steam from their reactors and then it spins turbines to generate electricity for the motors.


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I have several electrically driven things for the water, not sure if I would ever buy an electric boat. I've got a couple Boost Fins I bought for surfing but now use on my SUP's it works very well. Click to follow link...

Laszlo,
I am interested in the Boost Fin also. Can you provide more information as to your experience with it? I am interested in run times, ease of use, type of board you are using it on etc...

Thanks,
Keith




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I have several electrically driven things for the water, not sure if I would ever buy an electric boat. I've got a couple Boost Fins I bought for surfing but now use on my SUP's it works very well. Click to follow link...

Laszlo,
I am interested in the Boost Fin also. Can you provide more information as to your experience with it? I am interested in run times, ease of use, type of board you are using it on etc...

Thanks,
Keith

kr1276


Hey Keith
The Boost Fin is great. I was an early buyer and at one time had three, I now have two. Its been a long road for the company. From Covid to stolen designs. I'm not sure what the shipping times are now. They have a FB page and group. I also started one and you can read / see about some of the common uses and issues. I use mine solely with my SUP's. I get 75-90 minutes of run time using Trolling Speed. I feel only a very little amount of drag. It works well on a surfboard also. Checkout YT and FB, lots of videos. You'll find a group I started along with Boost own group

I design an adapter for the Flip Lock mount iRocker uses. Boost has some but I like mine better. Its much easier to mount


Click to follow link...

Video I made of the mount I made
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Rainbow




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They’re not close to imitating a pair of Yamaha F250’s with fly by wire electronic controls. Maybe one day but for now they can’t replace the blatty-bleedy-blatty of a big block with tuned exhaust!

Squid Pro Quo
My 1st thought after reading this was "The Greaseman" and his boat.


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I have several electrically driven things for the water, not sure if I would ever buy an electric boat. I've got a couple Boost Fins I bought for surfing but now use on my SUP's it works very well. Click to follow link...

Laszlo,
I am interested in the Boost Fin also. Can you provide more information as to your experience with it? I am interested in run times, ease of use, type of board you are using it on etc...

Thanks,
Keith

kr1276


Hey Keith
The Boost Fin is great. I was an early buyer and at one time had three, I now have two. Its been a long road for the company. From Covid to stolen designs. I'm not sure what the shipping times are now. They have a FB page and group. I also started one and you can read / see about some of the common uses and issues. I use mine solely with my SUP's. I get 75-90 minutes of run time using Trolling Speed. I feel only a very little amount of drag. It works well on a surfboard also. Checkout YT and FB, lots of videos. You'll find a group I started along with Boost own group

I design an adapter for the Flip Lock mount iRocker uses. Boost has some but I like mine better. Its much easier to mount


Click to follow link...

Video I made of the mount I made
Click to follow link...

Click to follow link...

Laszlo


Very cool.


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I have several electrically driven things for the water, not sure if I would ever buy an electric boat. I've got a couple Boost Fins I bought for surfing but now use on my SUP's it works very well. Click to follow link...

Laszlo,
I am interested in the Boost Fin also. Can you provide more information as to your experience with it? I am interested in run times, ease of use, type of board you are using it on etc...

Thanks,
Keith

kr1276


Hey Keith
The Boost Fin is great. I was an early buyer and at one time had three, I now have two. Its been a long road for the company. From Covid to stolen designs. I'm not sure what the shipping times are now. They have a FB page and group. I also started one and you can read / see about some of the common uses and issues. I use mine solely with my SUP's. I get 75-90 minutes of run time using Trolling Speed. I feel only a very little amount of drag. It works well on a surfboard also. Checkout YT and FB, lots of videos. You'll find a group I started along with Boost own group

I design an adapter for the Flip Lock mount iRocker uses. Boost has some but I like mine better. Its much easier to mount


Click to follow link...

Video I made of the mount I made
Click to follow link...

Click to follow link...

Laszlo



Laszlo,

Thanks for the links! I have been looking at some other YouTube videos and wasn't sold but now with some real world info I am sold and going to order one

Keith


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They’re not close to imitating a pair of Yamaha F250’s with fly by wire electronic controls. Maybe one day but for now they can’t replace the blatty-bleedy-blatty of a big block with tuned exhaust!

Squid Pro Quo
My 1st thought after reading this was "The Greaseman" and his boat.

Md.Chas


You guessed it! Martinez was always playing the grand piano in the stateroom..



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Laszlo,

Thanks for the links! I have been looking at some other YouTube videos and wasn't sold but now with some real world info I am sold and going to order one

Keith

kr1276


Good luck with it. One word of advice.... make sure you charge the battery as soon as you get it and then charge it every 2 months or so even if your not using it. Their was a problem with a batch that arrived dead to some people. They were held up in shipping containers for months and the batteries took a dump




RE: Electric Boats




They’re not close to imitating a pair of Yamaha F250’s with fly by wire electronic controls. Maybe one day but for now they can’t replace the blatty-bleedy-blatty of a big block with tuned exhaust!

Squid Pro Quo
My 1st thought after reading this was "The Greaseman" and his boat.

Md.Chas


You guessed it! Martinez was always playing the grand piano in the stateroom..

Squid Pro Quo

Had to look that one up. Never heard of him. Completely missed the reference.


RE: Electric Boats




They’re not close to imitating a pair of Yamaha F250’s with fly by wire electronic controls. Maybe one day but for now they can’t replace the blatty-bleedy-blatty of a big block with tuned exhaust!

Squid Pro Quo
My 1st thought after reading this was "The Greaseman" and his boat.

Md.Chas


The Good Ship Grease!

Sail boaters vs Power Boaters

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Most people don't know this, but about 80% of ships are electric motor driven. Take cruise ships for example: They have electric motor to run the prop shafts and a big diesel generator to provide power for the motors and other needs. Nuclear ships generate steam from their reactors and then it spins turbines to generate electricity for the motors.

Squid Pro Quo


And even more people don’t realize how long that has been the case.

Click to follow link...


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Most people don't know this, but about 80% of ships are electric motor driven. Take cruise ships for example: They have electric motor to run the prop shafts and a big diesel generator to provide power for the motors and other needs. Nuclear ships generate steam from their reactors and then it spins turbines to generate electricity for the motors.

Squid Pro Quo


And even more people don’t realize how long that has been the case.

Click to follow link...

ezbuckwheat


Just about all cruise ships built in the last 20 years use azipod (electric). I've been on 8 different cruise ships, all used azipods with the exception of the NCL Sun which was straight shafts


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They’re not close to imitating a pair of Yamaha F250’s with fly by wire electronic controls. Maybe one day but for now they can’t replace the blatty-bleedy-blatty of a big block with tuned exhaust!

Squid Pro Quo
My 1st thought after reading this was "The Greaseman" and his boat.

Md.Chas


The Good Ship Grease!

Sail boaters vs Power Boaters

redray


He was down in the stateroom getting some hobble di gaa from Clinton!


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