It was only a matter of time: electric boats
Following the attention electric cars recently received from the movie "Who Killed the Electric Car?", here's news of a plan to build an electric fishing/pleasure boat.
Three San Diego-based entrepreneurs with different backgrounds but who enjoy fishing want to bring a 42-foot eco-friendly boat to market. Called the Electro-Mariner, the boat would eliminate the oily diesel smell and the high price of fillups from each ocean voyage.
The partners are testing a 1/40th scale model. They hope the finished product could hold enough charge for a 100-mile round trip. They say diesel boats go about 1.5 miles on a gallon of fuel that costs $4.35. They estimate it would cost $50 to fully charge the batteries.
The unique design would store the batteries in each of the twin hulls and add solar panels for additional power. Cost would be in the $850,000 range.
[Source: The Log]
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Arnie 9:39AM (9/08/2006)
Since we are on the subject of boats:
http://www.skysails.info/index.php?L=1
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loikll 2:26PM (9/08/2006)
Maybe boats could be wind-powered. Every boat could have a big windmill attached to the deck -- wait, better yet, you could use maybe a big sheet of fabric to sort of capture the wind when it blows so the boat could move -- man I'm going to patent this idea -- I'll it "windboat" or maybe a "sheetboat".
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