Solar powered Grey Nomads

Tim and Jocelyn with their new Torqeedo 1003

It took just a quick test drive of a Torqeedo on the Zodiac around Crystal Bay to convince Tim and Jocelyn that a Travel 1003 would be ideal match for their inflatable dinghy which they carry in their motorhome. Well, its not really a motorhome—with 1500 watts of solar panels on the roof its a mobile power station! (Take it from me, thats a lot of power—my yacht, Current Sunshine has only 460 watts and on sunny days its quite enough but rainy weather it struggles. With 1500 watts, they don’t have to skimp even on the cloudiest of days). → Read more…