I almost forgot, I used to sail my 16'er on a 'no engine' reservoir and used
a trolling motor.

SV

"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
...
The sailing school Bart worked at in Norwalk has a fleet of daysailors
(Ensigns?) that are fitting with small electric motors. They don't bother
to
regen because they only need 10 minutes to get out and back into the
marina.



"Scott Vernon" wrote in message
...
Sounds like a reasonable set up. Most daysailors motor 15 minutes to
leave
slip, then sail a few hours, and motor 10 minutes to return to slip.
Should
work well for that. And a gen-set as a back up.

Scotty

SV


"Jeff Morris" wrote in message
...
No, the regen isn't necessarily needed if you start with a topped of
battery. A
system like this gives one a lot of options. Regeneration will not
provide for
all needs, except in limited cases. However, it is nice if it can
supply
a
substantial part of the use.


"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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so, the regen doesn't really work unless you plug the batteries in
at
the
dock?

okay.

but, if that is the case why buy the regen equipment?


Jaxie, you're having your typical comprehension problem. The 32
hp-hours
generated should be enough for an hour or two of powering - plenty
to
power
the
cat out and back into the inlet. Since the batteries give 2 to 4
hours
of
backup, it isn't really necessary to regenerate if you're day
sailing
out of
a
slip.

If you want to do long distance powering or motorsailing, you need
to
run a
genset. However, a genset run at optimum rpm for recharging will
be a
lot
cheaper to run than twin diesels.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...
let's see. 22 amps at 144 (sic) volts when sailing 18 knots, for
about 4
hp
stored per hour times 8 hours gives about 32 hp hours.

yup, that works. you sailed 144 miles and now you're going to
motor
back
using
1 hp and you are going to do it in just 32 hours (actually about
20
hours
after
taking out ineffiencies).

Being a little sloppy with the units is not that bad - his real
blunder is
claiming 72 Watts output. The Condor catamaran claims 22 Amps
at
144
Volts,
or
over 3 kW output when regenerating in a good breeze. They
generate
enough
sailing during the day to power in and out of their inlet.


"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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JAXAshby wrote:
oh, you mean horsepower can not be compared to watts?

Gee, the European engine manufacturers do it all the time.
somebody
should
tell them you can't do that.

No, I mean this:

"6 amps at 12 volts for 24 hours = 1,728 watts, which = 2.3
hp-hours."

Amps times Volts times hours = Watt-hrs, a unit of energy
Horspower times hours= hp-hrs, a unit of energy
Watts are units of power
Horsepower is a unit of power (who would of thought it?)

Energy and power are two different things, which you well
know.

Cheers
Marty