A pure electric boat is still pretty tough to operate in the real world.
For now a hybrid seems like the best choice.
I met my 48′ daycharter customer at IBEX where he showed me his add-on electric motor.
www.integralsolutions.com.
Looks pretty cool.
The top one is an add-on with an existing engine. The lower one is for a new installation.
I got back from IBEX last Friday. Finally kind of caught up. Over the next few days I will show the products that caught my attention.
First, glow in the dark switches. On my spaceship I bought www.cpperformance.com.
They are beautiful but they require all 5 leads be correctly attached. It took me asking for help online and a half a day to figure out how to do that.
At IBEX I found glow in the dark switches that only require 2 leads. Yes!
https://www.e-switch.com/product-catalog/pushbutton
Andre Cocquyt is now blasting around in his 34′ KHSD power trimaran.
After sea trials at Raymond, WA, my 48′ daycharter cat Hawea sailed to Oahu.
In late July I took my 12′ trimaran design to the small boat festival.
It was the only yellow boat there. And the lightest. It wasn’t really my crowd. All the other boats were heavy timber classics. While there I learned that small monohull guru, John Wellsford would be there.
loaded on the ferry in my F150
at the show
My 48′ daycharter catamaran built by Pedigree Cats was launched June 6th 2024 at Raymond WA.
The boat was built for Woody Brown, son of the inventor of the Hawaiian beach cat. After sea trials it will sail to Hawaii.
It will be operating on Waikiki beach.
Alii Nui, my favorite daycharter catamaran. 65′
#aliinui
#daychartercat
#maui
#kurthughessailingdesigns
Sailing in Puget Sound.
My 46′ Performance Trimaran, now Pipeline 3.
