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Petrol and Diesel boats to be phased out


Alan de Enfield

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9 hours ago, ditchcrawler said:

As I said "they HAVE been installing" and it is a lot more than CRT or EA. it may not be enough but its better than the rest

But until you get a critical mass of charge points pure electric boating (as opposed to hybrids) will only ever be a niche activity e.g. for day hire boats.

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59 minutes ago, David Mack said:

But until you get a critical mass of charge points pure electric boating (as opposed to hybrids) will only ever be a niche activity e.g. for day hire boats.

Quite right. There have been fully electric day boats for hire on the Broads for years. But when it comes to the weekly hire boats, there are only a very small handful (fewer than half a dozen) available. The best of these will give an estimated cruising time of up to 5 hours, but that will be very dependent on cruising speed and tidal conditions. When the battery runs down, the generator kicks in! They do have solar panels fitted, but, on a day like today, overcast and raining, probably worse than useless. So, in practical terms, it's necessary to find an overnight mooring with a vacant charging post available - which rules out many, many popular rural 24hr moorings, and, of course, the 'wild' moorings and mudweighting.

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21 hours ago, Alan de Enfield said:

Will C&RT be following their lead ?

I expect so.

However there should be options such a s using sustainably sourced fuel such as HVO or hydrogen instead of electric.

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17 hours ago, Arthur Marshall said:

In thirty years time you'll probably be able to travel the entire navigable canal system on a lilo powered by an electric toothbrush.

There could be a market for those. There are these people hanging around on the North French coast....

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