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Electric Boats: The Handbook of Clean, Quiet Boating
Discusses how boating affects the environment, describes the motors, propellers, batteries, and controls used in electric boats, and shows how to build an electric boat
150 pages, Paperback
First published April 1, 1994
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Douglas Little
13 books2 followersDouglas Little is an American historian specializing in American diplomatic history, twentieth century America, and United States relations with the Middle East. Currently, his research focuses on the U.S. response to radical Islam between the 1967 Six-Day War and the 1979 Iranian Revolution. He teaches at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was also the Dean of the College.
His published books include American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945, and Malevolent Neutrality: The United States, Great Britain and the origins of the Spanish Civil War.
His published books include American Orientalism: The United States and the Middle East since 1945, and Malevolent Neutrality: The United States, Great Britain and the origins of the Spanish Civil War.
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May 6, 2011
The main body of information in this book could have been conveyed in roughly 20 pages presented in "fact sheet" format.
Shortly after this book was published, the internet became more widely available to the general populace, allowing the info here to be found among many diverse boat-builder and forum sites. This is still a very concise document containing the core information for power-weight-current-time information.
Where I found fault with the book was in not fully showing full schematics which included control switches and monitors for the potential to create an electric boat platform by modifying an existing hull. Mounting requirements and suggestions, the type of marine wiring required and recommended best suggestions for a given high power configuration were not presented.
At the time of publication, Duffy boats in California was one of the largest builders of electric pleasure boats, and probably still are the main one. I would have like to see a schematic or some notes specific to what Duffy uses in their boats.
A conversion of an existing sailboat hull to remove ballast and decking and convert it to an electric boat would be an environmentally friendly approach to a beginner electric boat which this book advocated. The hull types often match specifications for the operating characteristics of the power systems presented here, and there are lots of used sailboat hulls with missing or worn rigging that could be as successfully converted as they can be rebuilt. Instead the author threw in construction instructions for a small pirogue type boat. There were lots of boat construction books available at the time of publication, which contained much better and more detailed construction information, so I felt that the inclusion here was a distraction from the main topic.
Shortly after this book was published, the internet became more widely available to the general populace, allowing the info here to be found among many diverse boat-builder and forum sites. This is still a very concise document containing the core information for power-weight-current-time information.
Where I found fault with the book was in not fully showing full schematics which included control switches and monitors for the potential to create an electric boat platform by modifying an existing hull. Mounting requirements and suggestions, the type of marine wiring required and recommended best suggestions for a given high power configuration were not presented.
At the time of publication, Duffy boats in California was one of the largest builders of electric pleasure boats, and probably still are the main one. I would have like to see a schematic or some notes specific to what Duffy uses in their boats.
A conversion of an existing sailboat hull to remove ballast and decking and convert it to an electric boat would be an environmentally friendly approach to a beginner electric boat which this book advocated. The hull types often match specifications for the operating characteristics of the power systems presented here, and there are lots of used sailboat hulls with missing or worn rigging that could be as successfully converted as they can be rebuilt. Instead the author threw in construction instructions for a small pirogue type boat. There were lots of boat construction books available at the time of publication, which contained much better and more detailed construction information, so I felt that the inclusion here was a distraction from the main topic.
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