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Greenline claims to have built hundreds of boats. How many have the full electric propulsion package is not clear, but most of the used boats available on Yachtworld, for instance, seem to have it.

The Volt electric motors produce about 150 hp and 270 ft-lbs of torque. That should get it done.

It doesn't make sense if the only consideration is saving money. But consider a boat with a bunch of solar, a bunch of LiPO batteries, and a parallel hybrid system: Household appliances with no worries about electric usage No generator necessary No shore power necessary Redundancy (get home on...

And the verdict on the household toilets?

Lastpass works across multiple machines, and with multiple family members, if you want (premium version, which has an annual fee).

Nothing's perfect. As I understand it, Lastpass has not yet lost passwords, which are encrypted; just user info (email addresses, etc.). But it is a lot more secure than what most people do, other than carrying around a notebook of truly random 16 digit or more passwords. A system like was...

I gave up on these sorts of systems, mostly because sites have too many different rules for passwords. Some require a special character, some don't allow one, some only allow certain ones, etc. I ended up with a notebook of passwords, and needed to have the notebook with me. What a pain. I...

Production builders are very, very reluctant to make changes, and for good reasons (cost, efficiency, quality, dependability), and if they do make changes, it's only after long periods of testing, by themselves or others. It's the one-off, custom builds that make revolutionary changes.

Thank goodness everyone is not as risk averse as you, or there would never be progress. And don't forget, we cannot learn from the mistakes of others unless they are out there making mistakes. Don't discourage them.

And it's a US law, applicable to US manufacturers and boats imported into the US for sale. A foreign manufacturer might not bother.

Once you have the electricity, why bother with 2 and 3? Exxon spent about $4 Billion (if memory serves) on a syngas plant back in the 70s-80s, when Jimmy Carter made it illegal to burn natural gas, and ended up trash canning it.

Assuming you're not working on a perpetual motion machine, where does the energy for 1, 2 and 3 come from?

Chevy Volt. Problem solved. I've had mine for 5+ years and 100,000 miles. Most of the time I'm 100% electric, but road trips on the gas engine, no problem. I have spent $0 on repairs, and little on maintenance (4 oil changes). When this one wears out, I'm getting another one.

Yup, like everything in boating, there are always tradeoffs.

Resetting is always a concern in shifting winds/currents. See Panope's anchor setting thread on the sister site. Will SS's superior shedding help in resetting? As you say, maybe, maybe not. But if SS is no better than galv in this regard, Oh well. If it is better, Thank goodness. "Chain...

The smoother surface of SS versus galvanized sheds bottom material better and offers two advantages: 1. Comes up clean(er). 2. May reset more reliably.

So according to the report, the container ship turned hard to starboard and 10 minutes later collided. Never expect one of those big boys to maneuver to miss you. They simply can't do it.

I'm thinking alcohol deserves the blame, not petrol.

From the USCG Documentation site: "The official number assigned to documented vessels, preceded by the abbreviation "NO." must be marked in block-type Arabic numerals at least three inches high on some clearly visible interior structural part of the hull. The number must be permanently affixed...

The thread I referred to, above, was occassioned by the story about a year ago, in which a cruising sailboat (so it probably was on the sister forum) caught fire and sank in the SoC. They had an engine room fire. Put it out with handhelds. But it reignited after the handhelds were exhausted...

There was a long thread on this topic some time ago (maybe on the sister forum) that had a lot of good thoughts. A couple I remember: 1. In the engine room, if the engine is running when suppression is activated, the engine will ingest, and exhaust, the suppressant. This may prevent the...

Dude, if you've put in 100hr weeks since 1990, you're not an *******, you're an idiot. And I say that in as loving a way as possible.

I'm 6ft. Do I enjoy the cramped seats? Of course not. But I fly out of Houston, so my longest lower 48 flight is under 4 hours, and I rarely have to connect. I flew Spirit to San Diego last week for $27 one way (plus $10 for an aisle seat) (same when I flew to Ft. Lauderdale for the Miami...

I live near Galveston Bay, and this is correct if you're looking only for pretty beaches. But there's a lot of interest, at least to me, along the Texas and Louisiana Coasts. Where I live, a gallon of milk costs more than a gallon of gas. What do you need for a gallon of milk? A cow, and...

Get a Volt. Best of both worlds. Electric for most daily driving but an IC engine for the occasional road trip. I've been driving one for five years. When it wears out, I'll get another one.