Propulsion

waiting for lugs…

I’m on So It Goes today sorting out a CARE package to take back to the Islander to complete the various projects. I’m also waiting for some cable and cable lugs. It’s amazing just how work grinds to a stop when you don’t have all the bits and pieces in hand. That being the case, …

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a VolksCruiser engine…

I’ve never been much of a fan where internal combustion engines are concerned in general and marine engines in particular. Part of this might stem from going fishing with my dad in his ongoing quest to catch a world-record light tackle Sailfish. An experience that is very much tied to projectile vomiting, the smell of …

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on the most important propulsion system available to us…

This bit of news got me thinking about electric propulsion, various mindsets on sailing and what passes for the norm where sailing is concerned.  Now, as someone who spent over a decade obsessed with getting affordable electric propulsion to work as a sustainable system aboard “So It Goes”, it’s safe to say that I’ve spent …

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a question of propulsion…

Sailboat propulsion by means other than sail can be a problematic affair. Fact is, whenever I read through sailboat ads in the VolksCruiser price range there seems to be no shortage of boats for sale that don’t have a working engine. Which is hardly surprising considering most folks I know tend to have expensive ongoing …

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Some excellent reading…

In the new issue of WoodenBoat magazine there is a really excellent article on doing an affordable and sensible electric propulsion system in a sailboat. In short, pretty much everything you need to know with zero BS content. Some of you might find it needful reading…