I spent the weekend and beginning of this week at a cottage, and had some play time messing around with boats & stuff:
- solar panel is a Sharp 80 watt scratch & dent special that I got used on eBay, lashed to the deck of a...
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- Laser sailboat hull
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- 12v battery is the old one from the Blackfly
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- electric motor is a used 17 lbs max thrust Minn Kota trolling motor - yard sale find
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- instrumentation: digital multimeter to monitor battery voltage
(Yes, this is where to insert peanut gallery comments questioning the wisdom of converting a sailboat to a powerboat, even if it's an electric one. I can promise that when the wind was blowing, the mast & sail were on the Laser and it was being used properly!)
This is sort of an evolution of the
Forkenoe electric canoe project from 2 summers ago:
bought another electric motor (trolling)