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Travel 1003 in a fresh breeze

Looking for a slipway that can haul Current Sunshine I went exploring around the southern end of Pittwater. With a Travel 1003 on a Zodiac I can ghost along at rowing speed all day.  A measely 50 watts of power gives me about 3km/hr which is gentle travling for sure…

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chris February 4, 2011 February 4, 2011Trials Torqeedo 1003, zodiac 0

New Stock

Whew!  Its quite a relief to have stock of most items. Since setting up shop six months ago its been difficult to get stock. Now for the first time we have at least one of most products and a handful of the popular items such as Travel 1003 S, and…

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chris January 24, 2011 January 24, 2011Shoptalk Lithium batteries, Torqeedo 1003, Torqeedo Ultralight 0

Ultralight installation on Hobie Wave

Getting becalmed for a couple of hours in Darling Harbour on a Hobie Wave catamaran can get you the unwanted attention of impatient ferry captains. That’s why Lakshman decided to get an Ultralight kayak motor and have it mounted on the aft beam of his cat. And with a weight…

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chris December 30, 2010 January 8, 2011Installations, Technical Hobie cat, Torqeedo Ultralight 8

Lamoore tri-hull dinghy test

Lamoore yachts at Palm Beach make some stable easily driven dinghies and I’ve been keen to try one out with a Cruise 4 and a 1003 and today I got my chance…

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chris November 21, 2010 January 8, 2011Technical, Trials planing dinghy, Torqeedo 1003, Torqeedo Cruise 4, tri-hull 0

Solar powered grey nomads

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…

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chris November 18, 2010 November 18, 2010Installations, Technical grey nomads, RV, solar power, Torqeedo 1003 2

Whale watching by zodiac

My friend Deb was visiting and it felt like whale watching my be a nice adventure for a Sunday morning. Because Current Sunshine is incapacitated just now we had to take the Zodiac.  So I loaded it up with four optima batteries to power the Cruise 4, a few apples,…

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chris November 9, 2010 November 9, 2010Nature, Trials Torqeedo Cruise 4, whale, zodiac 0

New stock…

Stock of some models has been in short supply but next week I’m expecting stock of Cruise 2, Base Travel, Travel 1003 and Ultralight. I have already promised some of these and so if you’re thinking of ordering soon, give me a call so you’re in the loop. Chris: 0409…

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chris November 5, 2010 November 5, 2010Shoptalk Torqeedo 1003, Torqeedo Base Travel, Torqeedo Cruise 2, Torqeedo Ultralight 0

The fastest Torqeedo?

Is this the fastest Torqeedo powered boat? Powered by twin Cruise 4’s and running the speed prop it’s maximum speed so far is 26 km/hr. This carbon version of the Gold Rush Aggressor was built in Australia for Torqeedo’s boss Christoph Ballin by Max Buhner at the Gold Coast.  It…

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chris October 20, 2010 October 26, 2010Installations, Technical Lithium batteries, Torqeedo Cruise 4 0

Blue book conformance test on Dash 750 trimaran

The Blue book is the yacht racing rule book and it stipulates windward performance under power.  And the requirement is that the boat can make the nominated speed into 12 knots of headwind. Waterline length (Lw) is the basis of the calculation and for the Dash 750 it is 7.32…

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chris October 19, 2010 October 21, 2010Technical, Trials racing rules, Torqeedo Cruise 4, trimaran 6

Viking boat test

This is Rob Tearne’s own boat that he built about 10 years ago and has been used as an every day knockabout workboat ever since. When it was about 5 years old he added another 7 ft in the middle so now she’s 25ft long. Its a traditional scandinavian design…

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chris October 8, 2010 October 9, 2010Trials Torqeedo Cruise 4, viking boat 0
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