Vessel Name: | Mistress |
Vessel Make/Model: | Baba 30 (#4) |
Hailing Port: | Portland, Oregon |
Crew: | Jim |
About: | Jim - retired software engineer (taught microprocessors how to be GPS navigation equipment for aircraft) |
Extra: | "Mistress" is currently on the hard, being refurbished and re-powered with an electric drive system. When she becomes habitable, I plan to move aboard. |
I've had "Mistress" here in the Portland area for almost a year now, being repaired and refurbished. Finally it's time to unpack her electric motor and try to fit it in the engine compartment. ( I had sold the original Volvo MD-11C diesel engine to Rod Barber, a fellow Baba 30 owner in Tacoma. Now let's see where we can fit the electric motor!)
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I'm replacing her 32-year-old Volvo MD11C diesel engine with an electric motor: 144 volts DC at 100 ampere-hours.
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Created 27 July 2010
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Getting her from the Big Island of Hawai`i to the Portland, Oregon, area on the mainland was its own ordeal.
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Created 24 July 2010
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Once she was in the Portland area, extensive repairs and refurbishing had to be done to make her safe and habitable.
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Created 21 July 2010
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