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Cruise Electric ……… No noise, pollution or
fuss
The EBA is a non-profit organisation based in the UK
Discover peace & tranquillity on the waterways
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Rhapsody Hale Bopp & Georgie
cruising
the Great Ouse Nr Earith Cambs.
picture Nick Goldring 
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First solar voyage from Europe to
the USA
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On 8th May 2007 the Swiss
solar powered catamaran Sun21 arrived in New York at the
end of a 7,000 mile journey from Basel in Switzerland. This is the
first Atlantic crossing by a motorised boat using not one drop of
oil. Sun21 was built by
MW-Line SA and is powered by two 8kW
Agni Motors.
The 60 square metres of solar panels produce up to 44 kWh per day.
This achievement
serves as a powerful example of responsible energy use in
practice. It also is impressive evidence of the suitability of
solar technology for high-sea voyages.
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Sun21 on her
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Impressive torque from new Lynch Motor
Cedric Lynch, the inventor of the revolutionary Lynch motor demonstrates
the torque of his latest Indian built
Agni Motor on the EBA stand at the Beale Park Boat Show in June by attempting to stop the shaft by hand while Tony Rymell
& Barry Goldring power it up by simply holding a couple of AA cells
(borrowed from Tony's camera) against the terminals. Cedric
explained that use of improved magnets make his new Indian made
motors more efficient than his earlier Lynch motors and how
improvements to the commutator and brush design have made
a significant reduction in noise. >>
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Victorian electric boat "Mary Gordon"
wins
£23,600 Heritage Lottery Fund grant
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The Mary Gordon was built in 1898 by Sergeants of Eel Pie Island
on the Thames of teak planking on oak frames. At that time
electric boats or launches were very popular on the Thames and at 52
ft in length The Mary Gordon was one of the largest, she could carry 75 adults or 120 children in comfort.
The Heritage Lottery Fund award will enable the Mary Gordon Trust to embark on a series of
planning and consultation programmes which are vital if they are to achieve
their aim of restoring this Victorian electric pleasure launch to her former
condition >>>
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UK electric boat challenges water-speed record
on Coniston Water
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An Stradag on Coniston Water
November 2005 - full story
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Queen Mary 2
She's the world's largest electric boat !
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Four 250 ton Rolls-Royce Mermaid™ electric propulsion
pods totalling 86 Megawatts drive the QM2 along at almost 30 knots
(that's equivalent to about 172,000,000 Minn Kota 12v
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