Post by Gyberator on Jul 15, 2021 6:10:15 GMT
Last week I'm the proud owner of a 2003 WR 17.
Wanting to learn to sail for years I've been following a friend on FB who frequents the local lake, packs up a cooler, tent, food and his lady friend and spends the weekend camping.
Looking to share some of this I bought a Prindle 19 with zero sailing experience only find out the Prindle 19 is a racing cat with "eggshell hulls" and not well suited for rocky Arizona lake shores.
My nightly searches on sailing lessons and "sail camping" eventually led me to Ziggy and that was that. The more I watched his excellent videos the more I knew I had to have a WR 17 to meet my goals of sailing down the coast of the Sea of Cortez, perhaps all the way to Cabo San Lucas???
My WR purchase came with a 3hp old Mercury 2 stroke motor that looked have seen better days and not something I would trust to get me back to shore if and when it was needed.
Telling myself "you DESERVE a brand new Honda 5hp 4 stroke motor, something I could count on! A quick search immediately revealed that perhaps I was not that "deserving" once I saw the price tag!
I finally opted for a Newport Vessels salt water 86lb thrust 24vdc trolling motor. www.amazon.com/Newport-Vessels-Saltwater-Electric-Indicator/dp/B00VYP3L3I/ref=sr_1_2?crid=33XLOC6FGBY8X&dchild=1&keywords=newport+vessels+86lb&qid=1626322670&sprefix=Newport+vessels+86%2Csporting%2C231&sr=8-2
To power it I mounted two Lion Energy Safari 1300 12vdc LiFePo4 105AH batteries which only weigh 24lbs each, way less than 4 stroke motor. Now I'm in the process of deciding how to best to recharged them since I plan on making a party boat out of it and putting in a Victron 3000Watt inverter to power guitar amps, coffee pots, lights, camera and action.
My two choices for charging are:
1) putting a 350Watt solar panel on the fore deck
2) Dragging a 300Watt hydrogenerator while under sail and let the wind recharge the batteries. (something smaller than this) More>>>
Here's a video of my project just after proving concept. I'll post another video once all the wiring and batteries are secured in the rear and I get my inverter mounted.
If you have anything to contribute to this I'm all ears!
Thanks
Wanting to learn to sail for years I've been following a friend on FB who frequents the local lake, packs up a cooler, tent, food and his lady friend and spends the weekend camping.
Looking to share some of this I bought a Prindle 19 with zero sailing experience only find out the Prindle 19 is a racing cat with "eggshell hulls" and not well suited for rocky Arizona lake shores.
My nightly searches on sailing lessons and "sail camping" eventually led me to Ziggy and that was that. The more I watched his excellent videos the more I knew I had to have a WR 17 to meet my goals of sailing down the coast of the Sea of Cortez, perhaps all the way to Cabo San Lucas???
My WR purchase came with a 3hp old Mercury 2 stroke motor that looked have seen better days and not something I would trust to get me back to shore if and when it was needed.
Telling myself "you DESERVE a brand new Honda 5hp 4 stroke motor, something I could count on! A quick search immediately revealed that perhaps I was not that "deserving" once I saw the price tag!
I finally opted for a Newport Vessels salt water 86lb thrust 24vdc trolling motor. www.amazon.com/Newport-Vessels-Saltwater-Electric-Indicator/dp/B00VYP3L3I/ref=sr_1_2?crid=33XLOC6FGBY8X&dchild=1&keywords=newport+vessels+86lb&qid=1626322670&sprefix=Newport+vessels+86%2Csporting%2C231&sr=8-2
To power it I mounted two Lion Energy Safari 1300 12vdc LiFePo4 105AH batteries which only weigh 24lbs each, way less than 4 stroke motor. Now I'm in the process of deciding how to best to recharged them since I plan on making a party boat out of it and putting in a Victron 3000Watt inverter to power guitar amps, coffee pots, lights, camera and action.
My two choices for charging are:
1) putting a 350Watt solar panel on the fore deck
2) Dragging a 300Watt hydrogenerator while under sail and let the wind recharge the batteries. (something smaller than this) More>>>
Here's a video of my project just after proving concept. I'll post another video once all the wiring and batteries are secured in the rear and I get my inverter mounted.
If you have anything to contribute to this I'm all ears!
Thanks
