blarney bill, this thread has turned towards a discussion of what constitutes
an asymptote and its potential use in describing the speed of a boat through
water, while *you* are babbling on about electric motors for small sailboat.

bb? maybe you want to ask your doctor for some Ritlin?



Date: 9/2/2004 6:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time
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On 02 Sep 2004 02:32:36 GMT, (JAXAshby) wrote:

yeah, sure. anything you say.


Google it like you do everything else, jackax. There has been enough written
about it, that even you could find it if you look. There are now even a few
production sailboats that can be ordered with an optional electric aux motor.

BB



Date: 9/1/2004 6:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time
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On Wed, 01 Sep 2004 14:55:48 -0400, DSK wrote:

Please explain further... the power/speed graph can reach infinity on
both axes? Does this mean that we can have negative horsepower? That
would make for excellent fuel efficiency!


Meindert Sprang wrote:
Sigh! With both axes I mean X and Y axis. And in our case only in the
first
quadrant, where X and Y are positive.

Dammit, another great idea shot down... I thought we could have a boat
where if you put the engine in gear while you were sailing, it would
actually *produce* fuel.


Actually, it's a reality. There are now electric aux motors that can
recharge
battery banks by putting the drive in gear while sailing. Just one more
thing
about boats you don't know. I'm a little surprised about this one, because
I'm
sure it's been mentioned in the magazines where you get most of your
"knowlege"


BB