It's helped to decide which way to go with the wylos engine. I have been interested in the electric auxillary concept but lately have swung back in favour of a diesel.
Teria's cruises made me realize that a decent range is needed from an auxiliary engine. On the Palm Islands trip I used about half my fuel but motored or motor sailed for many hours and at least 20 nautical miles. Sailing was done as much as possible but the lee side of the Islands had little wind. On the windward side the motor helped greatly and allowed higher pointing to windward and ability to clear the danger of a rocky lee shore quickly then get to safety and home on time. The downside was the outboard was quite noisy at times.
Townsville's Ross River is now a motor boat harbour thanks to a recent low level bridge. .So it may be feasible to launch this wylo as a motor boat, where it can be moored cheaply upstream of the low bridge. then finish the rig etc from a city base.
In this case the diesel engine would be the best solution.
Also set-up cost wise it would work out far cheaper initially than an electric drive probably about half to or quarter the price of all electric or a hybrid . no lithium battery pack (10k), few solar panels and no wind or auxillary genset costs (10-15k) required up front.
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| Aft Peak - cooling pipes, tank and stern tube (for propeller shaft) |
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| Aft peak under the cockpit and aft hatchway. |
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| Wylo hull interior (taken from forepeak) |
The main cabin looking aft. There's allot of space Currently a temporary work bench and some construction planks are in there.
I painted the interior with Metalfix years ago and its held up ok. The cabin roof was also coated with metal fix then white king coat and that hasn't changed in the same time. It seems to hold corrosion well inside.