so far I've ripped out it's tiny guts.
ain't nothing left on the inside at all.
overkill is not a word in my vocabulary.
Any wood below the waterline (on the inside) I'm replacing with pressure treated 2" wood.
I'll have a 2 x 6 flat on the bottom, carved to fit the hull...glued in with gorilla glue.
a 2x4 flat on top of it...
1 x 6's cross wise...(all spaces are filled with foam)
down the center will be a trough (below the deck)..about 2ft wide by 10 ft long...
water storage, batteries for the interior, miscellaneous storage..under the floor.
under the rear deck, where the volvos were originally installed will be MOAH batteries. (a bunchaton of them)
The whole roof (I'm gonna remove the flying bridge) will be convered with solar panels.
I THINK (I change my mind several times a week) that the completed boat will look something like this
(a little bit bigger)
propulsion will be electric motors (still working that part out in my mind)
I think I'll add a sail.
aft mounted bipod...foresail, roller reefed , foresail only.
(not very bit)
everything on the inside will be electric.
with a grill outside on the stern.
I'm not looking for speed...as you say.. just a few knots..
(who knows..I might add outriggers and turn it into a trimaran)
MOAH battery? Whould that be a super capacitor?
I have seen electric motors (eteck pancake) mounted to a 9.9 outboard.
Remove the gasoline power head then fabricate a connector and mount for the electric motor. There is some unnecessary gearing (no need for reduction or reverse) but it will work.
You know what your doing...you boat is going to be great.
I love custom machines.
MOAH = more
(it's slang)
I WISH I knew what I was doing..
At any rate...it gives me something to do.
(retired)
I just checked eteck...
NOW I'm thinking about a paddle wheel.
(again)