Very nicely done work. What are the benefits of a hybrid boat over a traditional diesel set up? Other than being a bit quieter, which can probably be matched with a good hospital silencer? Any fuel saving must be offset by the massive cost increase in the build. It's a lot of technology to push a skip down a muddy channel.😂
Vibration is considerably reduced whilst on electric propulsion, which is the worst source of noise in our boat, which has a hospital silencer. I think hybrid should provide the best of both worlds.
I have been toying with the idea of buying a narrow boat. In your opinion what would be best to do buy a used boat 57ft and fit all electric drive or buy new.
It really doesn't seem to be a practical proposition. If you can only cruse for 5hrs, that's nothing, you definitely need a minimum of 10 hours for summer crusing. You don't mention how long you'd have to run the generator at night to fully charge the batteries, this is without using any of the inboard equipment, washing machine, freezer etc.. It just looks like a very expensive project just to satisfy the greens.
One of those batterys would cover the fridge and washing machine for the year! I run mine and the kettle off 100Amp lithium and the solar tops them back up from 30% in the morning! These aren’t the old lead ones! I think you’re thinking it’s 1990’s green tech and it isnt!
@BritishAnts I hope not, but the video said that you could only run the boat for about 5-6 hours a day, that's nowhere near long enough. I was referring to a freezer not a refrigerator.
After True Blue was launched we did some testing on her. After 12 hours of cruising her to Crick Boat Show her lithium batteries were still 57% and the generator was not used with all appliances being used throughout. So 12 hours well surpassed our, the owner’s and Vetus expectations. All good we think 👍
Electric is the future and the future is now.😊
It certainly is!! Thanks for watching
Looking forward to seeing this at Crick 👍
Very nicely done work. What are the benefits of a hybrid boat over a traditional diesel set up? Other than being a bit quieter, which can probably be matched with a good hospital silencer? Any fuel saving must be offset by the massive cost increase in the build. It's a lot of technology to push a skip down a muddy channel.😂
Vibration is considerably reduced whilst on electric propulsion, which is the worst source of noise in our boat, which has a hospital silencer. I think hybrid should provide the best of both worlds.
Do you think the customers decision Re the batteries was the right one?
I have been toying with the idea of buying a narrow boat. In your opinion what would be best to do buy a used boat 57ft and fit all electric drive or buy new.
It really doesn't seem to be a practical proposition. If you can only cruse for 5hrs, that's nothing, you definitely need a minimum of 10 hours for summer crusing. You don't mention how long you'd have to run the generator at night to fully charge the batteries, this is without using any of the inboard equipment, washing machine, freezer etc.. It just looks like a very expensive project just to satisfy the greens.
One of those batterys would cover the fridge and washing machine for the year! I run mine and the kettle off 100Amp lithium and the solar tops them back up from 30% in the morning! These aren’t the old lead ones! I think you’re thinking it’s 1990’s green tech and it isnt!
@BritishAnts I hope not, but the video said that you could only run the boat for about 5-6 hours a day, that's nowhere near long enough. I was referring to a freezer not a refrigerator.
After True Blue was launched we did some testing on her. After 12 hours of cruising her to Crick Boat Show her lithium batteries were still 57% and the generator was not used with all appliances being used throughout. So 12 hours well surpassed our, the owner’s and Vetus expectations. All good we think 👍