Re: marka's modest adventure
Hi -
I have never heard of an ElectroSprint --- is there a study plan
online anywhere?
Thanks!
Mike
http://mkstocks.tripod.com/
I have never heard of an ElectroSprint --- is there a study plan
online anywhere?
Thanks!
Mike
http://mkstocks.tripod.com/
--- Inbolger@egroups.com, Mark Albanese <marka@o...> wrote:
> Spent all of July finding the spare time for installing the
> safety chambers in my green and natural PCB ElectroSprint.
Spent all of July finding the spare time for installing the
safety chambers in my green and natural PCB ElectroSprint.
Finally got off the ramp on Friday. This will seem like
small beer to some of you, but boating was somehow always on
hold in life for me 'till recently. I'm now enjoying these
small pleasures.
It's amazing how much wild nature is available almost right
in town in Portland. Multnomah Channel is about 20 miles
long, going from where the Willamette and Columbia rivers
meet, up the west coast of the Sauvie Island bird refuge,
which is also full of wonderful water. The channel is about
50' deep and mostly only an eighth of a mile wide. There are
occasional moorages. There are water-skiers, cabin cruisers,
and big sailboats motoring up to rejoin the Columbia. The
tide's 3-4 hours behind the coast.
I put in single handed within what I thought would be a
surely doable range for Coon Island, where I wanted to scout
the camping.
The boat was remarkable to me. I sat comfortably amidships
with tiller in hand at about ten degrees heel, a smile on my
face. Compared to my little kayak, the stability was
immense. When the wakes rolled in I tried both turning
across them and letting them come under the stern. The
Windsprint hull has tremendous bouancy aft. Either way, I'm
really developing confidence in the boat's ability to deal
with it.
The formulas show that my battery and motor should give
about 3 hours flat out. That's just about what happened.
Departing near slack water, playing with a chip log showed
3+ knots. Only about 30% of the battery was used going the
first 2.5 miles to landfall on the west side of Coon Island.
I tied up at the dock, had lunch, a walk, and socialized a
bit with a couple who arrived in their cabin cruiser to put
out deck chairs.
Coming back was different. I motored around the far tip of
the island in order to say I'd 'Circumnavigated' something.
and as soon as hitting the other channel to head back the
current was very strong. Turned up the juice and the little
boat just plugged away. I'm someone who generally thinks,
"The slower the better" anyway, but there was some doubt
about making it all the way without having to fire up the
oars.
Picked my way back to Brown's Landing in the growing
darkness and the battery was down to 11.82 volts, 90%
discharged. By time and distance, speed over the ground was
1.5 knots.
Quiet mind, lots of sun, the birds, just floating in and of
itself. I'll have more of this!
Mark
safety chambers in my green and natural PCB ElectroSprint.
Finally got off the ramp on Friday. This will seem like
small beer to some of you, but boating was somehow always on
hold in life for me 'till recently. I'm now enjoying these
small pleasures.
It's amazing how much wild nature is available almost right
in town in Portland. Multnomah Channel is about 20 miles
long, going from where the Willamette and Columbia rivers
meet, up the west coast of the Sauvie Island bird refuge,
which is also full of wonderful water. The channel is about
50' deep and mostly only an eighth of a mile wide. There are
occasional moorages. There are water-skiers, cabin cruisers,
and big sailboats motoring up to rejoin the Columbia. The
tide's 3-4 hours behind the coast.
I put in single handed within what I thought would be a
surely doable range for Coon Island, where I wanted to scout
the camping.
The boat was remarkable to me. I sat comfortably amidships
with tiller in hand at about ten degrees heel, a smile on my
face. Compared to my little kayak, the stability was
immense. When the wakes rolled in I tried both turning
across them and letting them come under the stern. The
Windsprint hull has tremendous bouancy aft. Either way, I'm
really developing confidence in the boat's ability to deal
with it.
The formulas show that my battery and motor should give
about 3 hours flat out. That's just about what happened.
Departing near slack water, playing with a chip log showed
3+ knots. Only about 30% of the battery was used going the
first 2.5 miles to landfall on the west side of Coon Island.
I tied up at the dock, had lunch, a walk, and socialized a
bit with a couple who arrived in their cabin cruiser to put
out deck chairs.
Coming back was different. I motored around the far tip of
the island in order to say I'd 'Circumnavigated' something.
and as soon as hitting the other channel to head back the
current was very strong. Turned up the juice and the little
boat just plugged away. I'm someone who generally thinks,
"The slower the better" anyway, but there was some doubt
about making it all the way without having to fire up the
oars.
Picked my way back to Brown's Landing in the growing
darkness and the battery was down to 11.82 volts, 90%
discharged. By time and distance, speed over the ground was
1.5 knots.
Quiet mind, lots of sun, the birds, just floating in and of
itself. I'll have more of this!
Mark