Have you checked out the around-the-world solar boat that’s just arrived in Brisbane? Its a kinda star-ship Enterprise looking boat totally covered with solar panels. I was hoping that our Sienna would be in the water to be able to welcome her into Brisbane—but there’s still a couple of weeks…
Well, we made it to the boat show! The Sienna was not totally complete but was in pretty good shape and complete enough that visitors could get a good feel for her. I’m really pleased with how she looks and her lines are better than in the artists rendition. There…
I’m gonna have to kiss goodbye to warranty on the motor cos I took to it with a hacksaw. It doesn’t sound pretty but it has turned out alright, as you can see from the photo. Its more or less the same as a regular Cruise 2, only shorter. I…
Noah thought it a good idea to built his boat up on a hill, so why shouldn’t Scruffie Marine build their boats up on Mount Tamborine? I’ve been at the Scruffie workshop for a few days to help out with building of the first solar Sienna, and to bond with…
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The first rays of the sun were glinting on the fishing boats alongside the Eden wharf while I dawdled over breakfast at the cafe at the head of the jetty. I’d arrived early and was waiting for Tim Crane, a fisherman here at Eden who is wondering, like me, whether…
The plan is to build a solar boat that I can rent out here at Crystal Bay to introduce people to electric boats. And I can’t resist getting an African Queen kinda boat, only with an electric motor instead of steam. (Mind you a steam one would be cool, but…
At The Torqeedo Shop we commissioned a solar electric launch from Scruffie Marine and we’ll be offering it for hire from Crystal Bay, Pittwater from about September. In the months leading up to that we’ll be showing her in some of the many rivers between Brisbane and Sydney, and we’ll…
Torqeedo Starnberg— the two words of the Torqeedo logo. And if you’re like me you’ve never heard of Starnberg until Torqeedo came along. And here I am with Claude at Starnberg. It sure is cold here, coming from an Australian summer. There’s pockets of snow lying around, and just a…
I’ve been wanting to try out a Walker Bay dinghy—they claim to be easily rowed and that should augur well for use with a Travel 1003. You’ll see we also trial a extension/offset device for the tiller which we borrowed from David who you may remember from the Sea-eagle kayak…