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Your survey misses many of the most important aspects - weight savings, fewer motors to maintain (1 instead of 3 if including a genset) motor placement options, etc. |
| Lower Emissions |
The design & systems of this boat are based around a battery bank that can provide energy independence for days at anchor and storage of "free" wind emergy. |
| Lower Emissions |
lower emissions and better economy are strong arguments for the technology i think a fair number of us sailors like to reduce our impact on the environment we so enjoy. the installation flexibility is another distinct plus |
| Lower Fuel Consumption |
Could there be a clutch mechanism that disengages the drive shaft when the batteries are fully charged & the boat is under sail? This would reduce bearing wear as compared to the current shaft always turning design
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The system SHOULD?? return better average fuel consumption over a conventional boat. The maintenance remains to be seen as well; with the props turning ALL the time either
driving or being driven or just turning slowly with the current, it is still burning out the 20,000 bearing replacement hours. So a replacement of bearings every 27 months like it or not plus the
additional hours of the single engine (gen set).
Emissions I don't really care about but noise I do. I hope the Generator is as quite as one engine on a conventional Lagoon. |
| Lower Fuel Consumption |
Indeed all four options are highly desirable. |
| Lower Fuel Consumption |
I also find it interesting that the Lagoon continues with the vertical salon windows. Aerodynamically they cause a drag factor. This vessel would sail much faster if the windows were slanted. |
| Lower Maintenance Hours |
To get the speed the cat has to be light but still built to take the worst seas. |
| Lower Maintenance Hours |
When transporting or cruising long distances, will the engine run 100% of the time? And, is the battery power/generator avaiable for other boat uses such as air conditioning? thank you |
| Lower Emissions |
All the above are important to me. |
| Lower Maintenance Hours |
You miss the point, I want silence! That generator had better be well insulated, other than a guage or light I don't want to know it's on. |
| Lower Emissions |
All three are important plus no noise should be a category |
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Naturally, a sailor likes the wind and water, so cutting back on emissions is terrific. Add biodiesel to the mix and it's fully sustainable technology, low-impact! Good work! |
| Lower Maintenance Hours |
I currently own a 2001 Voyage 38, owner configuration, there are many reason I will never own a monahull again. a primary one is speed under
power. An example. In a week I will be going to James Town 130 NM, 7.5
knots at 3000 RPM lets me plan a two day transient time regardless of wind.
What is Max continuous speed? At least 5 hrs. KW rating of generator? HP
or KW of motors? I am debating a newer boat before I retire in 3 years.
This looks very interesting but as a long range cruiser The first things I look at are power, and fuel and water capacity. |
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this is great I have been designing a system to do this and this has most of the features I was shooting for.
need to see the layout
thanks |
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All Three are Admiralable but the Wind and Solar Winds are there for the Engineering Arts to Paint With. |
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