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Originally Posted by IceMan
Hampus,
I only read 3 pages of this post and if someone here has already said this, please forgive me for saying it again. But, what you describe here is "perpetual motion". If you could figure that out you would be the richest man in the world. It would work after a fashion but your motor as a generator would consume far more than it generated. It would not be long before the batteries were dead and in need of charging from a diesel engine with an alternator or a gas powered generator to keep going. Perpetual motion is beyond our capabilities as of yet. It was a good idea tho.
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The
electrical motor works as a generator while
sailing. The
wind drives the
boat forward, the
water flow spins the prop that spins the motor/generator that charges the
batteries. no perpetual motion. In the same fashion, the
wind powers the
wind generator which recharges the batteries while sailing and/or anchored. Same goes for
solar panels. No perpetual motion here either
MarkJ. I think you come very close to jamming the nail in your
head, or however the saying goes
Maybe I should have been more specific. My goal wasn't complete and total 100% autonomy but rather a level of autonomy that would give you the option of staying away for an extended length of time in
remote areas, populated or not, lacking facilities normally required by cruisers.
I enjoy sharing a warm
beer in a cold bar with fellow sailors as much as the next person. Keep the thread going though, it's interesting reading and although some ideas are pretty "out there" even more ideas are sound and will be applied
/Hampus