Going into depth on the Island Spirit 525e
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- I answer all the question from my Patrons and CHannel members about my new yacht, the Island Spirit 525e. Its a Sailing electric hybrid catamaran that I am going to sail around the world.
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New boat looks really great!!!! Hope it fulfills all your expectations, have a Blast!!!!
Love the boat hope it fits you well iam sure you will adapt and overcome ,love the videos and Amanda
It's pretty nice that the builders could move such large components around at the end of the build as needed without compromising the usability of any parts of the yacht. Great that it's all working out.
Must say I keep being impressed by how fantastic the boat and its finishing looks.
Is it correct to describe a big cat as yar? If so she definitely looks to qualify. Following seas!
LOL, I loved the look on your face when you did the 265 liters of gallon... I do live radio, that face is a common place for us! "What did I just say"????? Nice recovery! -JB P.S. Love the new boat, can't wait to see you all on a passage!
Haha yeah never know what I might say!
Love your show, never miss an episode. But the new boat is a barge with sails. It’ll be great for parties but I can’t imagine the sailing experience being memorable. All those batteries and electronics bouncing around at sea could be dangerous. The problems will be entertaining as long as no one doesn’t get hurt.
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Congratulations on the boat. Like the office space. I would check if the batteries are lithium phosphate/Lifepo4. I think they are safer and last longer. Even then, you might only get 10 years after loosing some capacity. Can't imaging moving/changing one of those batteries inside a boat without damaging something. Looking forward to following the channel to see this new electric cat perform.
I agree. He said his house bank was lithium ion. I’m hoping it’s a high quality version as a battery fire out wide would be a disaster.
👍✅ Gonna have some great adventures on this boat Bobby🏝👙👏
enjoy your new yacht
Battery capacity is in kilowatt-hours... not kilowatts. You're referring to the battery bank capacity in kilowatts. It's driving this OCD retired Engineer crazy! :)
Me too. One is energy, the other is power. It's a bit like saying your gas tank capacity is 30mpg. It makes no sense
I also had a Bally a Catspace. The problem with their self tacking Jim was so small. It couldn’t balance the main sale that had trouble tacking through without the help of the engine.
Is this Jerry Van Dyke? J/K. That boat is phenomenal
Have you considered adding a couple small wind generators on the top of the boat for extra power?
Enough about the boat. Bob has enough concerns already. Let’s concentrate on that smile of his new first mate. WOW, she definitely takes the wind out of my sails.
Assuming they had special sheets made for the beds due to the little added piece on the bottom of them.
Standing by for commissioning.
Seems like there’d be no downside to connecting the house and motor battery banks, at least with a manual switch. That way you could charge the big batteries if at anchor for days or use the motor batteries to extend the house bank
Yes there is a switch for that
What sort of return were you seeing on the regen from the props
What is the life expectancy of those lithium batteries? And if you had to replace them today, what would that cost? Forget it just saw your answer in the video.
3 to 5 yrs, around $10k to $20k
@@Tank70Torino I believe Bobby said they should last 10 years in the video.
@@fasteddy3336 not likely bc of the saltwater, more realistic would be 5yrs. I have my house and shop on solar off grid for 8yrs now and had to change out both battery banks twice already bc they wouldn't take a charge no more.
Very nice looking boat
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Instead of moving the batteries, can you add 2 more further forward?
hey bud love the new boat, dose the the Solar bank charge the drive bank at all or is that all in the house bank only and is it changeable at you choice ?
Tesla’s use around 3 different types of batteries. The most current one is the 4680 (46mm wide X 80mm long). The battery chemistry is changing yearly. The Tesla batteries are cocooned and heated/cooled thru highly engineered systems.
Is this a fast cat…or more of a luxury yacht that sails ok?
When I first heard you were getting a new e-sailboat (yrs ago) I had high hopes. Unfortunately you opted for an old school bulky Mack on steroids, not a sleek, fast and modern Scania.
Why didn't they use a furling boom for the main sail ... Could be a square top main and lower mast
I’m thinking about buying one of these and I’ve watched all of your videos. Working with the salesman and Philip Winter I keep going round and round trying to figure out what is included in a stock 525E versus your version. I intend to do a five cabin or a modified five cabin. But you have a lot of things on your boat such as the furling mask which I do not want, but perhaps I want the bow sprit for a head sale or the hydraulic lift for a dinghy. I’m not sure I’m just trying to give them to tell me what from your videos is extra versus what on your boat was an add-on maybe you can help me with that because I’ve asked them several times and I’m not really getting the answer. I’m looking for.
So interesting.m
Did you ask your barber for the toupee cut?
why don't you install a vertical windmill for additional electricity generation?
Hypothetically, if the main battery bank is full and you are sailing in full sun, how many RPM can you pull on the motors to "use" the excess power created by the solar? How much speed can that add?
Bobby, do you worry about the insurance giving proper coverage since what happened to the Hillbilly? He got the royal shaft on that deal and I think he is suing them.
Who is the hillbilly and what happened to him?
@@deerfootnz Tuber The Wandering Hillbilly whose power cat broke from a mooring ball in the BVI and was totaled. His insurance refuses to pay for the damages and he's in the process of suing them. It's a heartbreaking story.
@@charley95sheridan44 thank you
Cost of 1.5 million or more ? I will stay with the Contessa 32.
Presumably when sailing, the motors are both delivering regen to recharge the batteries as well as the solar?
No for both of you question. The solar is not connected to the motor batteries and no regen charging on the way, you need to use the diesel generator for that.
EV is great for 2-3 hour trips!! Explain a 50-60 hour sail
For that you use.....wait for it....sails. Duh.
Are you using lithium iron phosphate batteries?
How can you sail not being able to see mainsail?
Seeing lithium batteries react to salt water with the recent flooding of North Carolina. Do you have any concerns with that? Bursting into flames.
The batteries are sealed, so I wouldn’t be to concern with them reacting with salted water. I’m more concerned about all the connectors, they are more exposed than the battery cells.
Lithium life cycle varies per mfg. Some are 3-5k.
Going to take an engineer just to do a 10 sail
1 st boat
Electric boat
Man I just see issues!!
One wave over the bow
One leak and the boat is over!!
Just hate to see you spend all this money and have nothing!! I have watched every show! I think EV is the worst idea ever!!
You can drive your ev car when it rains, everything is water sealed. Same here.
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Please explain a cycle on a battery
A cycle is discharged from full to empty then recharged to full again. Most users don't do that but go from 80% to 20% and back again which is 0.6 cycles, obviously.
Bobby, aren’t you concerned about your batteries coming into contact with sea water? Recently during the hurricane on Florida’s west coast in Sarasota some salt water came into a garage and a Tesla caught fire and BURNED THE ENTIRE HOUSE DOWN!
I would be very concerned if you were out in the open ocean and the batteries were in contact with salt water
He answered this in the video.
It’s a moving apartment.
I think I am waiting to physically see one before I consider buying a 525E. They seem to be in a proto-type phase still. I also worry about the quality of the components. I.E. what brand is the 480 volt battery, what is its technology. Also cheap chinese components with poor quality. Too many unknowns.
Bobby you have the World by the tail a great boat to travel the world if you could only get some good-looking women to go with you LOL
How much..... Sorry about the typo.... Ed Macedo
I'm baffled at the mis information on lithium batteries. I have had lithium ferrious iron batteries since 2012 I use them full time for 6 months of the year. I have solar and alternator charging, seldom do I need a generator or shore power charging. I mean maybe 2-3 times in a year. My BMS records cycles on the batteries, now 14 years later it has 25 cycles on batteries listed for 2000 cycles. By that math they should last 960 years. As of now there is less than 5 % degregation . I will NEVER have to replace them. 5 years ago I changed all starter batteries in my vehicles to liph04 and will NEVER have to change them out again. Opposed to having every 4 years with AGM . Also lithium is now ONE HALF THE PRICE IF AGM AND TWICE THE POWER, and RECHARGE 4 TUMES FASTER, meaning solar is 4 time quicker to recharge lithium than AGM. Also they are 1/4 the weight of agm, THEY ALSO CANNOT CATCH 🔥 FIRE, Unlike lithium ion, which are the ones that catch fire, with incorrect charging or shorting out. I'm really looking forward to the sea trials, and live aboard video's . CHEERS AND FAIR WINDS. Steve h.
Battery will only go up!!
In price you mean?
Battery prices have fallen by 50% THIS YEAR.
Is that a wig?
New implant hair
Dude I beg you....GO TO THE BARBER.
I’m not even clear how many batteries and solar power spec version comes with. I think it comes with the 210 kilowatt hour drive battery and 1000 amp 24 V battery but I’m not entirely sure. Plus they say it comes with eight 270 W solar panels, but your boat obviously has more than that And yours may be more powerful because 270×8 is only about 2100 W
The panels are 400 watts each
NO NEED of bow thrusters on a Cat! Need skills....
That is a very ugly boat