An all electric Lobster fishing boat Watch It Work Lorna Jane. 

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Solar panels and batteries are not a green as you think.

yeah - for a little while - and while x speed = distance

Thanks, itllneverwork.boats/ takes you to the full length film of how I got there

60 is a ballpark figure, possibly more and at times less. When the weather is poor I can lose about 15 miles range on a bad day. Tides can be managed to a certain extent as can set and drift. I'm adapting to what the boat can do. I move fishing grounds regularly. Every boat can be fitted out differently to best suit their working day. I have space for more battery storage if I think I might need it. I haven`t so far. I'm not necessarily trying to present a boat that's better just one that can do the job without burning and diesel and I think this is close to my needs.

You're part of the solution, not part of the problem..... you get a pat on the back!!!

90% subsidies and knowing the rescue assets are predominantly ICE must be reassuring

With Global Emission Reduction Agreements, everyone will have to 'adjust' eventually. 'Currently', many governments haven't met targets agreed to, so offer incentives to consumers, i.e. "up to 90%" in this vid, to fast pace it. Higher taxes will be applied to gasoline to fund it, electric (or other) vehicles will become more the norm. Eventually targets will be met, no more tax payer funded incentives, those who didn't take advantage will eventually have their non-compliant vehicle put out of action, have to pay full price to convert, or for most it will be cheaper to use public transport, which is better for most governments as it = less congestion & costs on roads.

I believe the biggest issue with these atm is cost vs reward. Like most things, once they become more proven, in demand, production/cost will improve

Lmao

Thanks for the interest James, might surprise you, its surprised me but so far this year I have averaged 29.5 miles per day and some days been up at over 40. You very quickly adapt to working with the tools or performance you've got. The slow doesn`t bother me much now but yes, your right, its a long day.

@@geminicatamaran If this is the Cat that was towed (perhaps same owner of both?), looks like an awesome boat, not seen one before. Just checked your channel, walk through would be good. Will it be converted to elec?

Thanks, itllneverwork.boats/ takes you to the full length film of how I got there

Sealed units just a few moving parts. No work compared to a fossil boat

From a maintenance point of view after nearly a year of working the boat I have not had to put a spanner, screwdriver or boiler suit on the boat. Yes, when that does come electrical trouble shooting is a challenge. Expensive, yes, though UK has 90% funding towards conversions of this nature. This boat has worked commercially for almost a year now and has not burnt any diesel. We are not going to reduce let alone slash our fuel emissions down without carrying some of that burden in inconvenience, re learning and cost on our own shoulders. I would suggest the glass half full approach to this.

would it have been cost effective without taxpayer funding 90%?

@@thomasirvin4159 it’s not a in production so R&D concept. Nothing is first made cheap. Only with mass production does prices drop. Beats paying petrol companies millions in tax subsidies

Where did you get the 137K figure from? Was it just for the off-grid components, or the entire refit incl, removal of engine, tanks, lines, etc, etc? I agree re batteries, however it's likely an insurance requirement for his 'commercial operation', especially if he employs deckhands. I've got a 15kWh Gobel Power unit with built in extinguishers (~4Kau), insurance Co wont consider it unless Gobel fork out Big $ to get put on a list of approved suppliers🤷‍♀ If ever required, I'd use the tender outboard as redundancy.

@@Lana_Warwick It's posted on their website! It shows more details.

The problem he would face would be the regulators no doubt only "green lighting" certain products and components.

And your tax money are paying for it. 90% subsidy and all.

What reserve/backup do you have when the diesel shiets itself?

@@Lana_Warwick What reserve/backup do you have when the Electric shiets itself? Electric is not 100% reliable yet. Too many electronic components in the system. As I have found to my cost.

@@tmog1000 Didn't answer the Q I asked. Only negging elec, when both can & do have issues. So whatever your answer to my Q is, it's prob similar to mine

So some sort of waterproof clothing needed then. I don't see the problem with rain!

That is mentioned in the video. Take a look.

Not if done right. I'll take LiFePO4 over acid any day. Plenty of blue water cruisers show their all elec setups on YT. I'm about to convert a 12mtr aluminium cray boat

Li po batteries are not dangerous, do not confuse these batteries with lithium ion fitted in cars etc

as opposed to going 150mph down the autobahn say! They are phosphate batteries waterproofed to IP6 or IP7. Perfectly safe.

@@marviwilson1853 Sorry. I don't quite understand what you are getting at. Car ev batteries are lithium ion for the better energy density and are lighter.

@@tmog1000 Not always the case. A lot of EV manufacturers also offer Lithium Phosphate batteries rather than Lithium ion. Although not as energy dense, phosphate batteries have many advantages, one of which is the lack of a fire risk.

I agree with Trump there, absolutely. Eaten by a shark no no no.

It would be very interesting to see the initial cost of all the batteries, solar, and all the wiring and supplemental equipment required compared to a traditional ICE, and how many years it would take to break even. I feel that is the big reason we don't see this more.

Its a 20kw motor so a smaller licence required. I got to sell 10kw

I considered that for a blue water cruiser, especially for the draft. But Cats come with other issues, like bridge slap, higher the clearance = larger the boat, 2 x everything incl cost, not everywhere can lift them out, etc. IMO, if Cats were great, all the commercial blue water fishing guys would be using them. Take the weight of the engine, tanks, & everything else nolonger required out of a 12x4mtr aluminium commercial fisher, which offers great outdoor living vs others, lots of overhead for panel patio, add back in maybe 10% weight for motor & batteries, she's a different beast, incl noise, maint, smell, cost. In my case I'm also not pushing hard like commercial guys, & will be taking advantage of wind with a simple sail setup which I can drop when needed to get under bridges.

He literally told & showed you @4:23. Just like a house, at times solar will always require some form of grid or generator backup if weather is poor.

do u know what a battery is?

It would take a huge electric motor to turn that setup. But it should be possible. You will always lose power and speed through mechanical disadvantage/waste.

Shaft should be ok, however repowering from one diesel to another diesel would possibly require a prop change for best efficiency/performance. It's all in mathematics that are way over my head, why there's specialists that work in the industry everyday that can advise. "Speed" of elec vs diesel are very different things, like comparing a V8 Mustang to a Nissan LEAF. With Global agreements to reduce pollution, fuel taxes will increase, gasoline engines will faze out, people will eventually have to settle for, at least it's better than walking, allow more travel time.

@@lookingbehind6335 If you have a large prop then you gear the motor accordingly. Could be 3-1 or 5-1 or whatever, don't forget that electric motors have a much wider rev range than a diesel engine.

U don't knoe wtf your talking about lol

@@lifebehindtheselens Did a thesis on the topic from world studies. I think so.

@@lifebehindtheselensyou are ignorant

@@jett3332BS, let’s see this “thesis”

You are talking lithium ion, we are talking li- po, much safer.

Perhaps, but have you researched the amount of pollution produced creating a diesel engine, drive train and all the other attendant gear on a traditionally powered boat, not to mention the exhaust, used oil and gear lube that is produced by a diesel. It is a trade off.

That is/was true but the same stuff plus combustion has been getting into the air and water for a century because we keep going back to get more fossil fuels... Then we burn them.... there's not even a time where they start paying back the resources and energy used... it's a dead loss That pollutes at every stage ... The old methods are slow toxic and demand a lot of water but new methods and plant are cleaner plus the batteries use less Li and more of it is getting recycled. The other point is that Li was the first step.. there are new chemistries and batteries that use common less problematic materials ..even the threat of Na.. has helped sit on the Li price and is forcing it to clean up. But it's all the smaller portable personal devices that still need the Li ion tech. What we do have to recognise is that it's easier to control pollution if it's at one key point not dispersed. That you can only get the best out of renewables if you use a mixture and have batteries to store the variations. Even the grid cannot cope without them.

And life cycle, its a con from everything i see. If it made sense it would be an easy sell. Removing the people prefured option by those in power does not make it the future it makes a nonsense of the available energy resources. EV power could work in situations but not for all and not wirh the current technology and available physics. HC are the future still and ttechnology is making its use better and better by the day. CO2 is no the problem, the lies about it are.

​​@@snapperboat25 do you have any idea what China is doing to the environment to mine Neodymium? Anyone that wants to make a difference needs to go full force combat mode on India and China because they're dumping ridiculous amounts of plastic into the ocean at an alarming rate. Not to mention all the other toxic shit they do. Harassing people burning fuel telling them they're the problem is ridiculous when China and India exist. ? but guess what? That diesel engine can be fully recycled while there's no way to recycle these lithium batteries. The long-term harm EV is doing to the environment is much worse than the diesel could ever possibly hope to achieve. Carbon emissions is not a problem, just look at a volcano.. can you imagine how much CO2 a volcano emits ..... You're not trying to stop the volcanoes are you 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Dumping plastic into the ocean is definitely a problem.

@@snapperboat25 Well said! Many like Dustin only think about what's in it for him today, not much about our grandchildren's future

Your figures are miles out.

The guy who built the boat and uses it for fishing is the one who can tell you exactly how much power he needs. The boat he uses is a full displacement hull and I believe has a designed hull speed of around 5-7kts. What did you mean by "moving"?

Li po batteries don't catch fire like lithium ion do

Batteries last a long time!

Visit his website and all costs are shown.

Yep! Are you suggesting one does it better than the other?

Multiple, independent batteries, multiple independent solar panels.

Thanks, Will do, it's a guy that stays 5 houses up from me, he's done the whole feature film soundtrack aswell on itllneverwork.boats/thefilm

How? Especially for his semi-retired requirements. Plenty boats have converted to all elec now, especially blue water cruisers. This vid is just one example

Only one moving part. Difficult to see how you reach your conclusion.

@@marviwilson1853 one moving part and 1000s of batteries, transitors, wiring, terminals, electrical components. All tiny and made of dissimiliar metals. Unless these stay on fresh water, they will get eaten alive

@@durbeshpatel3047 Electrics and electronics have been used at sea for decades. Can't quite understand your logic.

Well he won't get engine overheating, blocked seawater cooling pipes, broken impellor pumps, snapped rubber belts, blocked fuel injectors, damaged oil seals, old air filters and oil filters, contaminated oil, contaminated diesel, broken compression and oil scrapper rings, damaged bearings, coked up exhausts, broken exhausts, governor problems, broken seals, oil leaks, damaged radiators, rusty fuel tanks, blown turbo's.... on and on and on and on....

Plenty of us doing it, incl plenty of BWC youtube channels. Can have issues with engines & fuel. The sun will eventually appear on those panels to power a motor.

@@Lana_Warwick 😂 Sure you are.

@@Lana_Warwick Hopefully the ocean won’t rise up and kill you before the sun comes out 🙄

Not strictly true. You go to sea with fully charged batteries. A battery/electric motor combination is far and away more reliable than a diesel engine!

@@marviwilson1853 😂 Yeah right. Sounds good until the weather gets up and you can’t get back in and your battery dies. No thanks. I value my life a lot more than a battery.

Lol, Plenty of NO's, no explanation of nonsense in what way? This is just one example, plenty of it out there now. Not suitable if you want to push 10+ knots all day, but good enough for him & any others, incl plenty of BWCs

That's a nasty stutter you have there!

Right now it looks like decades from now we will all be firmly on the road to being toast, you better come up with your better solution pretty quickly. I'd be interested where you got your bold statement about solar being 3x dirtier than diesel so I can educate myself.

Yes

Wrong

@@geminicatamaran Just take a look at China’s decimated environment from mining and production of solar components. It’s not very hard to figure out.

@@sharonbraselton3135 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-JHtQLjNGxNg.htmlfeature=shared.

Farming is bad. They use antibiotics on the fish. It's about as nasty as chicken ranches. I live in a yurt on a small mountain farm and have four fish ponds plus I garden. I never had kids either. Kids are the worst on the environment! 😅 Im a small impact footprint but not many ca do this... way too much work!

@@astrophelhart3806 Nothing incomparison to the damage open water commercial fishing does to not just target product but the massive bycatch discarded that die,the commercial fisherman claim the majority survive,studies show a different story.

Hybrude hydergen😅

This boat can go 5000 miles without recharging at 3.5kts. It can refuel in the middle of the Pacific. You can't do that with diesel.

@@marviwilson1853 Actually you can and it’s been done for many decades. It’s called bunkering. 5000 miles without recharging is an obvious lie. Do the math. Anyway, I’ve done multiple 5000 mile trips with no diesel and no recharging. It’s literally been done for hundreds upon hundreds of years. It’s called sailing and it requires no child labor working in dangerous mines.

@@keithb6717 You clearly have not watched the video. At speeds of around 3-4 kts, solar/battery boats like this can cruise indefinitely in reasonably sunny conditions. During the day the panels generate more power than needed for low speed propulsion. The batteries always remain charged for propulsive power through the night. Nothing wrong with sailing, not sure why you mention that! Australia is the biggest lithium producer in the world. They don't use child labor as far as I remember. It really is not helpful to introduce these anti EV myths.

@@marviwilson1853 Obviously you’ve never traveled thousands of miles upon the ocean. I’m guessing you’ve no miles. I’ve had arrays. They never produced enough power to even run the radar and autopilot and refrigeration and everything else without running the diesel a couple of hours daily. (Under sail). Sunny isn’t the norm, honey. You can pretty much count on rain once or twice a day. Well, since Australia doesn’t have child labor we’ll excuse the practice globally and pretend that all batteries come from Australia. Electrical is your system/systems most likely to fail. No diesel and no sails sounds like a ship of nightmares.

Huh?🤔He said he gets home with 50% battery remaining, + not many lobster boats coming home in the dark, going out maybe. Plus when does the sun "go out"?

@@Lana_Warwick you know the electric vehicle scam is all bs. Look at the real cost to produce one, don’t get sucked in sweetheart

Sunrise and sunset are well predictable phenomenon as are solar eclipses.

He said he still has 50% when he gets back. Can charge off grid at dock if required. All solar requires some form backup, as do most things

Hybride

He said he still has 50% when he gets back. Can charge off grid at dock if required. What do you do if the diesel shiets itself? Lead base petrol through a V8 carburettor was King before that, but wasn't any good for us or our grandkids either

@@Lana_Warwick wro n g that biilll shot face Ned I a

@@Lana_Warwick little boat not going far ! bigger boat needs diesel battery no good! battery cars fine for an old lady going to the shop no use if you have to travel a long way in the snow? they have not put enough thought in to it and it wont work you need heaters in a car for a start battery will not last at sea you need diesel battery will not work wast of time this planet needs coal and petrol and diesel who can afford to heat there house with eletric? no body unless your rich

@@Lana_Warwick is he hauling 900 pots per day? dont think so!! hes playing at it !

So many failure points on a diesel engine. Batteries will be IP6 or IP7 waterproof rated. Electric motor in this example actually is under water!