Uploaded November 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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When is an outboard more than just an outboard? When it's electric and a get-home motor!

This video is a peak behind the scenes of the kind of work that happens between builds. I talk about the new outboard project, and how it will also be the emergency way of getting Mermaid's Rest to safety, should she ever suffer a loss of power. I also give you an update on the new battery box project, and a wee look at the prototype boards I'll be using to debug the helm controls.

-=] Patreon:
- patreon.com/TheDigitalMermaid

-=] Channels that have Helped Me;
* @ProjectBrupeg
* @OffGridGarageAustralia
* @AcornToArabella
* @BillCarlson

-=] References;
Moving a Big Boat with your Tender, Tom Hale, Sail Magazine, May 2, 2018
- sailmagazine.com/cruising/moving-a-big-boat-with-your-tender
Wood Database - White Oak
- wood-database.com/white-oak

-=] Chapters
0:00 - Electric Outboard Project
1:18 - Cassette Futurism
1:53 - I Know Almost Nothing
6:24 - What Is The Plan?
8:05 - Ok, The Real Reason I'm Doing This
9:40 - Planning The Big Battery Box
11:35 - Making It Fit
14:50 - Battery Cell Configuration Options
15:55 - Packing Six Packs Together
18:35 - Pack Orientation
19:38 - How Will it be Installed?
20:48 - Wood Selection, Venting and Waterproofing
22:44 - Mounting the Motors and Thrust Bearings
23:22 - I Have a Question For You?
23:51 - Prototype Boards and Debugging

-=] Music Attribution

Country Cue 1 by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Artist: audionautix.com

Back To The Wood by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Artist: audionautix.com

Anachronist - Oddities by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 licence. creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Source: incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100332

Artist: incompetech.com