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GOING ELECTRIC
We settled on a 48-volt, 10-kilowatt
Electric Yacht QuietTorque 10.0 Sport.
Electric Yacht specializes in repowering
sailboats and includes fittings meant
to work with the old shaft coupling and
engine mounts. They had also already
repowered two Contessa 26s and could
show us photos of the results. Maybe
most importantly, they were responsive
to our initial inquiries when other companies
we reached out to were not. It would
be powered by four 12v, 200ah Volthium
lithium iron (LifePo4) batteries wired
in series to get about 53v. In theory, we
could get somewhere between 74 nautical
miles on flat seas at 2kn or 9 at 5.9kn, but
in practice, I am not sure I would want to
test this.
A useful display panel connected to
the motor shows the charge level on the
batteries as well as how long it will last
at the current speed. A comparison with a
multimeter seems to show that the display
underestimates the remaining charge, but
I am a little conservative and pessimistic
anyway, so I am comfortable with this.
We also bought a 300-watt solar array
for use on the mooring and stored below
most of the time and a charger that runs
on shore power for times we are visiting
marinas while cruising.
There was a lot of skepticism about this
decision around our club.
" If it ain't broke, don't fix it " (it was
kind of broke already...).
" You'll never get the same range with
batteries. I could probably get 500km on
my diesel tanks " (an odd thing to want a
sailboat to do...)
And, most often, " The technology just
isn't there yet " .
The installation will be described in
detail in the follow-up article coming in
the December 2022 issue of Canadian
Yachting, but let's just say there were a
few bumps along the way. After launch, a
strange noise in the battery compartment
made me question how sure I was that the
LiFePo4 batteries absolutely, positively,
did not explode until the manufacturer
could assure me and carefully lead me
through a maintenance check. Another
noise that sounded like Curly making
" whoop whoop whoop whoop " noises in
an old Three Stooges film caused some
concern as well until we decided that it
was the noise of the feathering prop at
Family accommodations down below.
Nine-year-old on watch.
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Canadian Yachting October 2022

AT THE HELM: IT’S FUN TO HAVE FUN
FEATURE EDITORIAL: NEVER CHARTERED? NO PROBLEM.
FEATURE DESTINATION: THE OTHER VIRGIN ISLANDS – LESS TRAVELLED, MORE SPECIAL
DIY / TECH: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF WINTER MAST STORAGE
THE PORT HOLE: OCTOBER 2022
POWER REVIEW: WELLCRAFT 355
SAIL REVIEW: J/BOATS J/9
DIY / TECH: GOING ELECTRIC
CROSSING THE LINE: THE PEOPLE WHO INVENTED BOATING TECHNOLOGY – PART 8
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - Intro
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - Cover1
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - Cover2
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 3
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 4
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 5
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - AT THE HELM: IT’S FUN TO HAVE FUN
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 7
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - FEATURE EDITORIAL: NEVER CHARTERED? NO PROBLEM.
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 9
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 10
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 11
Canadian Yachting October 2022 - FEATURE DESTINATION: THE OTHER VIRGIN ISLANDS – LESS TRAVELLED, MORE SPECIAL
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Canadian Yachting October 2022 - 15
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Canadian Yachting October 2022 - DIY / TECH: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF WINTER MAST STORAGE
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Canadian Yachting October 2022 - THE PORT HOLE: OCTOBER 2022
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Canadian Yachting October 2022 - POWER REVIEW: WELLCRAFT 355
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Canadian Yachting October 2022 - SAIL REVIEW: J/BOATS J/9
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Canadian Yachting October 2022 - DIY / TECH: GOING ELECTRIC
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