I snuck way from the solar boat project under cover of darkness to check out Claude’s radical trimaran—kind of reminds me of a stealth bomber especially in its current grey livery. The weather around these parts has been pretty rainy and windy as you can see from the photos.
I’m now back at Mt Tamborine to finish the electrical installation. I know, I know! Its taking longer than expected to complete this boat. On the back of an envelope I estimated another 16 days to finish the electrical work and get her launched. Allowing for weekends and other projects…
Now available in Australia the Solbianflex range of light weight flexible marine solar panels are now available from The Torqeedo Shop. These panels work as a good solar charger for the Torqeedo 1003 as well as ideal for use on any boat needing a solar array.
Overcast with passing light rain was not what we had in mind for a solar powered journey. Maybe I’d be rowing after all… We left on the mother ship about 5.30am and towed the solar powered zodiac to the start point at Station Beach, at the back of Palm Beach.…
Last weekend I displayed some Torqeedos at the Sunday boaties market held at the sports fields of the Victoria Point school. And next week I’ll be at the Sydney Boat Show helping out on the Torqeedo Australia stand. What a contrast. The boaties market is run by the local Volunteer…
This project has been occupying my attention since March when I somewhat spontaneously decided to go ahead with it. I had been looking at various boats with an eye to finding one suitable for rental, but I hadn’t seen anything I liked when my friend Claude (Torqeedo Australia) told me…
Since I started the Torqeedo Shop I’ve been researching inboard electric drives so that we could offer a range of electric boat solutions. I’m now convinced that the systems from Propulsion Marine of Santa Barbara, California, are the best available for boats in the 24ft to 35ft range and we…
The Sienna will be an easily driven boat and so we don’t expect to need a lot of power to have her at 5 knots. My guess is that her performance would be similar to the Dash 750 and if we look at the power curve for that boat it…
Geoff Maloney has just taken delivery of a 1003 and has passed on some photos and a some performance data when running on his Porta-Bote. Here’s what he has to say about it…
Here’s some pics of Turanor in Brisbane.