{"id":8095,"date":"2022-06-08T20:49:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-08T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/?p=8095"},"modified":"2022-06-09T19:56:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T19:56:54","slug":"e-boat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spetz.com\/morningguyblog\/2022\/06\/08\/e-boat\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Electric Boat (sort of)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nCan an electric 12-volt 1-hp trolling motor with a 100ah battery push our 4,500-lb. boat to that distant island (2-miles) and back? That was the bet. And we won. In fact, it pushed us along at 1.5-knots (nice trolling speed) for 5-miles, and it still had juice remaining.<\/p>\n

We never fired up our very thirsty 4-barrel 250-hp Mercruiser. First time. And we feel virtuously green because, as everyone knows, electricity comes from the pixie dust raised by the stomping golden hooves of dancing rainbow colored unicorns.<\/p>\n

Okay, we used a lithium battery. But still, that’s a lot of barge to push through the water.<\/p>\n

We would now call it an e-boat, if WWII history had not already taken that name.<\/p>\n

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Hanging on tight to the might of 1-hp!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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There’s a showoff on every cruise, it seems.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Can an electric 12-volt 1-hp trolling motor with a 100ah battery push our 4,500-lb. boat to that distant island (2-miles) and back? That was the bet. And we won. In fact, it pushed us along at 1.5-knots (nice trolling speed) for 5-miles, and it still had juice remaining. 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