Anybody else here into electric boats?

[krockett]

Thanks, but no thanks.

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[seatosummit]

I have a whole slide deck on the installation if you’re interested.

Please share more details! Sounds like an interesting project.

 

[emoore]

Hahaha, yeah, we're pretty avid boaters, but the EBs (er, I guess?) haven't hit any kind of consumer critical mass to get the price down yet. There are some "reasonable" electric outboard setups.

I love the idea of knocking around quietly in the ICW, maybe easing up into one our good fishing spots, totally silent.

Yeah I agree. If I were to buy a boat today it would have to be a gas motor unfortunately. They will eventually get to decent electric motors for boats at a reasonable price. Didn't a famous bass fisherman win a tournament with an electric boat?

 

[Dark-Fx]

Looked at the xshore boats when they first came out with the cabin model. Decided against it because of the cost. Hard to justify.

 

[pickupman2022]

Yep, I'd love an electric boat but until someone can make a 17 ft bow rider that can maintain 30 mph for min. 2 hours and sell it for under $30k will keep my 17' ft. Bayliner and 90 hp Mercury FourStroke as my only gas burning item left. Towed with my R1T of course!

 

[Mark_AZR1T]

I'd really like a pontoon boat, in the SeaDoo Switch style, that gets like 25NM, nothing crazy. Enough deck space for a cooler, build an induction stove setup, and of course a bait well.

The SeaDoo Switch is nice. There is a guy in LA doing conversions on standard pontoon style boats...can't remember the link...

 

[Thedude]

For $300k there are so many better boats I’d be buying.

 

[HyperionMark]

If i was gonna spend anywhere near that I'd just go whole hog and live on a Silent Yacht.

 

[DanGar]

Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rxiMdyaOz9DX7gt2RMDj6M0cx5sN2FzjQERyEpKsaPA/edit?usp=sharing

 

[DanGar]

Here is the link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1rxiMdyaOz9DX7gt2RMDj6M0cx5sN2FzjQERyEpKsaPA/edit?usp=sharing

This is the diesel -> electric conversion slide deck mentioned above.

 

[Jac]

My sailboat‘s auxiliary power is a Mastervolt 24v inboard 2.5kw electric motor with two 200Ah batteries and solar panels on the foredeck to keep the batteries topped off when she’s on her mooring.

https://www.frenchwebb.com/bella-luna

 

[kevinhanff]

The truck tows this thing better than our diesel but we average 1.0 miles/kWh at highway speeds so we don't typically tow long distance outside of ~200 miles. The X Shore / Rivian combo definitely turns some heads at the boat ramp. We will be towing around an Ingenity 23e soon once it gets added to the fleet!

Not exactly an electric “boat”, but we do own an electric PWC (Taiga Orca). Will be a Rivian owner next week (pickup [see what I did there?] date for the R1T is 7/19). Looking forward to towing and launching the Orca behind the Rivian. Much better than hauling it around with the Model 3 we currently have.

https://www.taigamotors.com/en/watercraft/

 

[mkhuffman]

Not exactly an electric “boat”, but we do own an electric PWC (Taiga Orca). Will be a Rivian owner next week (pickup [see what I did there?] date for the R1T is 7/19). Looking forward to towing and launching the Orca behind the Rivian. Much better than hauling it around with the Model 3 we currently have.

https://www.taigamotors.com/en/watercraft/

How fast can it go?

How log can you ride before charging?

How long does it take to charge?

 

[kevinhanff]

How fast can it go?
Too fast; 65MPH roughly

How log can you ride before charging?
Two hours, give-or-take, running different modes (there’s “Range, “Sport” and [not making this up], “Wild”). Running “wild” gets you well under 2 hours; running “range” can exceed 2 hours. Water conditions also factor in (smooth = longer rides, choppy = less runtime). Three “trim” levels so you can get up on plane and fly across the water.

How long does it take to charge?
As with all vehicles EV, “it depends”. I opted for the CCS “upgrade”, so if Walmart would install the DC fast chargers they’ve been claiming they’re going to install, a short 5 minute ride would get me from <20% to ~80% in ~30 minutes. There’s a Tesla destination charger (both NACS and J1772) within 100 feet of the boat launch here and a similar charge at Level 2 (20-to-80) takes about 3-and-a-half hours.

Right now it’s “run out on the water for a couple hours, come home [3 miles as the crow flies], have lunch and charge, then go back out for afternoon fun”. A close DC fast charger nearby would be really nice.

Best part? QUIET. Like have a conversation with your passenger without having to yell while still ripping across the water. Second best part? Has an honest-to-goodness actual reverse (simply spins the impeller the opposite direction; no deflection plate needed). Also helpful for spitting out any seagrass that gets ingested into intake grate.

 

[Viking80]

There are a lot of lakes around me. Thought about retrofitting older pontoons with electric drives in my free time.

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