Complete Re-Design

After all the consideration about using solar power, I have finally determined the overall power needs vs the size of the boat (area to place solar panels) just doesn't add up. I can only produce about 700 watts of power in the space I have. (up to 1200watts if I cover the entire top of the boat in cells) The cost for solar power just doesn't make any sense for how little power I will have. So the quest has taken on a new idea. The boat has been re-designed to accommodate a 21hp diesel inboard engine.This can be purchased for almost the same price as the the 2000watt Aquam0t motor!  It burns about 3.5 liters of diesel per hour, which means i need to be able to carry about 3500lbs of diesel fuel now! Hence the complete re-design. I really don't want the sail drive, I cannot pull up on a beach with that leg hanging out the bottom of the boat, so i will be looking into the possibility of using just the 3cyl diesel and adapting that to a standard marine Out drive.

Yanmar 3YM20-SD marine diesel engine 21hp

So the new design has been increased to 28.5' (4.34m) long and has a great new look. Still under development, but here is how it looks. 

 

Time to get another scale model created, and find a wave tank to do some testing. about a month wasted on the last design, but live and learn!