After having the petrol outboard stolen on a bank holiday Monday – we decide to take a different route when replacing our means of propulsion. This page is an overview of the project. Click the images or text to navigate to more detailed articles.

-Stolen-

With our petrol outboards stolen and less than three months until our next boating holiday – we plan ahead on how to replace them. 

 

 

Solar Array

 

Two main solar panels will power and charge the motor and it’s batteries. A smaller panel will fill the void of the petrol outboard and charge the main 12v system’s battery.

 

 

 

 

 

Propulsion

The Bison 100lb thrust electric outboard replaces the old 4hp 4-stroke petrol outboard that was stolen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Costs

See what our setup cost and some comparisons to the price of replacing our petrol outboard.

 

Test run

Our holiday ended up being a test-run for the system as we ran out of time completing the project.