{"id":254,"date":"2009-12-28T10:35:03","date_gmt":"2009-12-28T00:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/?p=254"},"modified":"2010-01-11T14:50:42","modified_gmt":"2010-01-11T04:50:42","slug":"skid-steering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/?p=254","title":{"rendered":"Skid Steering"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_255\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-255\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-255\" title=\"Mounting for small Torqeedo\" src=\"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Photo0023-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Balsa core flanges glass-epoxied to float.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-255\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Balsa core flanges glass-epoxied to float.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Here&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve mounted the little Torqeedo to the starboard float. The swivel bracket is taken from a spare bracket that Claude gave me. (Misadventure I think is the polite way of saying he dropped one in the drink.)\u00a0 Its takes a bit of tinkering and some suitable epithets to undo it from the balsa core flanges &#8211; but it can be done.\u00a0 So only the edges of the flanges will be presented to the waves when sailing fast.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_256\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-256\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-256\" title=\"Torqeedo 801 on float\" src=\"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Photo0025-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"View from aft\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-256\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">View from aft<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When coming into a marina that has restricted manouvring room I can attach this quick-release swivel bracket, and then slide the Torqeedo into it.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s how it looks attached.\u00a0 The motor and shaft is attached first, and then the battery added.\u00a0 So each item is quite light and easily handled &#8211; which should be handy on those days when the sea is sloppy.<\/p>\n<p>With this additional thrust well offset from the main motor I&#8217;m hoping for a strong skid steering effect.\u00a0 The little Torqeedo has the same prop (more or less) as the big one and so even though its a much smaller motor, its thrust should still be good, especially as it only has to turn the boat.\u00a0 I&#8217;m looking forward to testing it soon.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_257\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-257\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-257\" title=\"Torqeedo top view\" src=\"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/Photo0030-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Brackets still need fairing and painting.\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-257\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brackets still need fairing and painting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I need to get about 5m of telephone cable to allow the throttle control to be positioned in the cockpit.\u00a0 It may feel a bit odd because the throttle for the main motor is a fore-and-aft lever and for the 801 is a twist grip.<\/p>\n<p>I can charge the battery using its standard mains charger by plugging it into my 300 watt inverter which handles it ok.\u00a0 So even though its a roundabout path the energy sill comes from the sun.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s how I&#8217;ve mounted the little Torqeedo to the starboard float. The swivel bracket is taken from a spare bracket that Claude gave me. (Misadventure I think is the polite way of saying he dropped one in the drink.)\u00a0 Its takes a bit of tinkering and some suitable epithets to undo it from the balsa &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/?p=254\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Skid Steering&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electric-propulsion"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/254\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=254"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/currentsunshine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}