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Originally Posted by bennelson
If anyone is interested, I did a short blog post on what's available out there to make your boat into an electric one.
Electric Boats Blog Entry |
A very good Friend of mines inlaws have a Duffy in Virginia, one of my all time favorite boats, few complaints 1) to damn heavy 2) Steering is terrible 3) poor battery management (just very old golf cart battery charger that boils the batteries away). It has been a while since I've been on Duffy, there have been some upgrades (charger) but it is largely maintenance free despite being shipped back to the manufacturer in the past for service (owner does 0 service). We were recently discussing some sort of trolling motor based steering as the rudder is pretty bad. Neat fact, Duffy registers a a Yacht in Virginia. More neatness is that the lake is a byproduct of a Hydro Electric project which likely powers a large portion of the boat.