Version

Date

1.3
29.07.2015

Electric Steel Catamaran Style Transport Boat

Project scope
Detail construction plans for hulls, plattform and propulsion. Performance calculation.
Construction: Scantlin's to ISO 12215 / Stability to NSCV Section 6 / CNC files / parts lists
Recommendations for over deck construction, batteries and solar system
Project management
Drawing / calculation

all4solar
SYAS

Dominic de Vries
Shayne Young

Cairns Australia
Cairns Australia

Twin hull streamlined steel hulls

3 mm steel plates or 2.5 mm steel plates
Steel beams
Plywood/aluminium plattform cover
Outboard motor brackets on each hull transom
2 battery compartments in each hull
Roof, seating, rails etc. to be made of light
material (aluminium, FG)
Engines
2 * 13 KW induction outboard motors (48 V DC)
Standard cable control for steering / speed control
Digital display, key switch, safety switch
Batteries
AGM lead acid batteries
5 units / 2 in each hull / 1 on plattform

Hull 1
Hull 2
Deck

8 x 200 A 12 V AGM
8 x 200 A 12 V AGM
4 x 200 A 12 V AGM
capacity

19.2 KW h
19.2 KW h
9.6 KW h
48

488 kg
488 kg
244 kg
KW h

Weights
2.5 mm steel
kg

Steel construction hull, plattform, transom plates

paint, bolts
Batteries, terminals, cables
Allowance for seating, railing, roof, engines etc.
Payload

2500
1300
800
1400

Gross weight fully loaded

6000

Performance
Performance calculation based on full weight (6000 kg). Continuous operation.
Lead acid batteries (AGM). High performance AB13 engines. Average 80% sunlight (1000 w/m2).
SPEED
4 knots (7.4 kmh)
5 knots (9.25 kmh)
6 knots (11.1 kmh)
7 knots (12.95 kmh)
8 knots (14.8 kmh)
9 knots (16.65 kmh)
10 knots (18.5 kmh)

POWER out
KW
2.5
3.5
5
8
12
17
24

POWER in
KW
3.2
4.3
6
8.9
11.7
19.5
27.6

Runtime on battery
(capacity)
hours
12.75
0.85
8.93
0.8
6.00
0.75
0.7
3.78
2.87
0.7
0.65
1.60
0.65
1.13

Runtime in hours including

with solar
with genset

15.88
11.26
7.67
4.67
3.38
1.86
1.28

33.80
20.60
12.17
6.58
4.49
2.23
1.46

Various
Solar system

Generator

200 watt glas panels

3 mm temp. Glass
6 x 2 x 200 watt (24 V) 2.4 KW h (12 KW h / day)
On aluminium frame
280 kg

net charge

KW

5 KW output / 2 battery chargers 48 V 50 Ah

net charge

4.5

KW