Wayne.B
On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:53:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Quoting that famous line from Jaws, "We're going to need a bigger
boat", or at least a bit more fuel in this case. That would be a
great trip. Hope you can figure out a way to do it.

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Wayne, I’m not sure how this is equipped as far as fuel capacity goes. However I do have a couple large 12 or 15 gal. ( don’t remember which size) Moehler red plastic tanks I’ve picked up along the way.. I’m even thinking on mounting two long 30 gal tank/cells on both sides. Those are led 2-smokers are a thirsty lot. But still cheaper than going 4 cycle outboard or converting to I/O. I/O would be great. They can be had from clapped out runabouts for cheap. The conversion is way high though...

Tim wrote:
Wayne.B
On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 06:53:14 -0700 (PDT), Tim
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Quoting that famous line from Jaws, "We're going to need a bigger
boat", or at least a bit more fuel in this case. That would be a
great trip. Hope you can figure out a way to do it.

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Wayne, I’m not sure how this is equipped as far as fuel capacity goes.
However I do have a couple large 12 or 15 gal. ( don’t remember which
size) Moehler red plastic tanks I’ve picked up along the way. I’m even
thinking on mounting two long 30 gal tank/cells on both sides. Those are
led 2-smokers are a thirsty lot. But still cheaper than going 4 cycle
outboard or converting to I/O. I/O would be great. They can be had from
clapped out runabouts for cheap. The conversion is way high though...


You are an electrical guy. Build an inboard with a generator attached.
Take the power head off an old 2 stroke and add an electric motor. I have
though for a time that that would be a cure for the high priced 4 stroke
O/B’s.

Bill
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You are an electrical guy. Build an inboard with a generator attached.
Take the power head off an old 2 stroke and add an electric motor. I have
though for a time that that would be a cure for the high priced 4 stroke
O/B’s.


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Some time ago that was considering making a “hybridâ€� for my other which would have been a small Kuboda 2 cyl powering a large cap. DC gen charging batteries which in turn would feed a DC forklift motor. This would turn a foldable prop from a jack shaft. I think it’d be neat but who wants to hear that diesel rattle and choke everyone. “The Africken’ Queenâ€� would be a good name for itðŸ¤*

and I couldn't run my spa.On Fri, 8 Jun 2018 10:49:42 -0700 (PDT), Tim wrote:

Bill
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You are an electrical guy. Build an inboard with a generator attached.
Take the power head off an old 2 stroke and add an electric motor. I have
though for a time that that would be a cure for the high priced 4 stroke
O/B’s.


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Some time ago that was considering making a “hybrid� for my other which would have been a small Kuboda 2 cyl powering a large cap. DC gen charging batteries which in turn would feed a DC forklift motor. This would turn a foldable prop from a jack shaft. I think it’d be neat but who wants to hear that diesel rattle and choke
everyone. “The Africken’ Queen� would be a good name for it?

I thought about doing something like that with a golf cart motor or
two and a pontoon. It would still end up using a bunch of batteries I
imagine. If you had the right charger you could use one of those quiet
inverter generators to help keep the batteries up but watts is watts
and you will still be depleting the batteries if you are running very
hard.