Greg Martin's Blog – September 2010 Archive (3)

Adorable Boats and a Beautiful Coastline Make a Family Treat | The Star

The Star Here's a cute story about a family outing on the water aboard an electric boat on San Diego Bay. The article describes the experience on a Duffy boat from Duffy of Newport- the relaxing and carefree feeling of what it's like to not have to deal with an engine on a boat. Check it out…

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Added by Greg Martin on September 20, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Bristol 32 Electric Conversion Project

By Greg Martin              Converting s/v Intrepid into an electric boat, I have to say honestly, was a real pain in the #$^&. But in hindsight it was definitely worth it and it can be (and was) done by an inexperienced amateur. Working part time by myself, and making lots of mistakes, the project took me…

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Added by Greg Martin on September 10, 2010 at 6:00pm — No Comments

Introducing Electric Seas: A New Platform for Electric Powered Boating

ishidaspic3       Welcome to the website of the Electric Seas Organization- a new non profit organization that was established to promote electric power for watercraft and to encourage safe boating and clean seas. This website aims to provide a complete information platform for interested individuals and companies that are involved with…

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Added by Greg Martin on September 1, 2010 at 7:00pm — No Comments

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Launching "Maine's Quietest Lobsterboat."

The Friendship Sloop Sarah Mead hits the water with her brand new electric propulsion system.
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DEar collegues,After some time without changes on the net resources, due that we are focused on the product development and investigation, we remake our webseite at INNOVANAUTIC, we invite all of you to visit the web page www.innovanautic.com and talk about it and about your impressions.Best regards,See More
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SolidNav UpDate and GEN4 Converstion

I bought David Carrolls Catalina 30 with the SolidNav Explorer in it that didn't work. It was giving the 3 blinks code on the LED flash and sometimes 4 blinks on the LED flash.I called Thunder Struck Motors who are extremely smart and helpful people and talked to them about what would be  the best route to take to fix the system. After exploring all options. I decided to buy a brand new GEN4 Controller, the wiring harness, and the new style better throttle control and have it all programmed…See More
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Helm Instrumentation Project

Recently I built a helm instrumentation panel so I could keep and eye on battery voltages and current draw on the propulsion bank without leaving the helm while underway. It worked out pretty good though I still have to mount it permanently. The links to the process I went through are here:http://biankablog.blogspot.com/2013/02/instrumentation-project-part-one-plan-a.html…See More
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I'm thinking of manufacturing some electric outboards

Greetings everyoneYes as stated I'm thinking of starting a small, made to order electric outboardmotor company.I want to keep it simple and inexpensive as well as versatile and user friendly.I have been watching the industry for a while and there seems to be more and moreunits coming available. Most are unrealistic in pricing but understandable as it isthought to be a new industry.The reasoning for this idea is that I am converting 4 boats at this moment to run on electricityand what is…See More
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