The Regal Owners Forum

by **Chris_in_Texas** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 11:13 am

folieadeux wrote:[Joe, you will not believe this, the house we own in the Blue Ridge mountains overlooks a large, spring fed lake that does NOT allow any gas powered boats on the lake. Lots of pontoon boats with golf cart electric engines, canoes and kayaks but NO gas boats. It is totally different from the salt water creek we live on in Savannah, where we can hear the big boats everyday.

Oh, sounds like a great project for a high speed electric boat! :geek:

If you could come up with a smaller boat that you convert to electric powered and could water ski behind, just on principle of having to be electric only. Then you could add a killer stereo with the sounds of a big block running and blaring in the background. :mrgreen:

Wouldn't that mess with the neighbors, and the overseeing authority.

by **DogDaze** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 1:39 pm

Chris_in_Texas wrote:
folieadeux wrote:[Joe, you will not believe this, the house we own in the Blue Ridge mountains overlooks a large, spring fed lake that does NOT allow any gas powered boats on the lake. Lots of pontoon boats with golf cart electric engines, canoes and kayaks but NO gas boats. It is totally different from the salt water creek we live on in Savannah, where we can hear the big boats everyday.

Oh, sounds like a great project for a high speed electric boat! If you could come up with a smaller boat that you convert to electric powered and could water ski behind, just on principle of having to be electric only. Then you could add a killer stereo with the sounds of a big block running and blaring in the background. Wouldn't that mess with the neighbors, and the overseeing authority.

Neal the mountain home sounds beautiful, but I can imagine your feelings about hearing others, but not running your boat...
As for Chris, LOL... I think this would be a fun project... maybe one of the electric motors like they use in the newer hybrids and a prius battery?? :lol:

by **Chris_in_Texas** » Wed Jul 21, 2010 2:23 pm

Oh good idea, a junked out Prius and then an old small jet boat... Hide the electric motor in a fiberglass shell that looks like a big block that has a large blower in all chrome complete with header and straight pipes out the top! :shock:

HA HA

by **folieadeux** » Fri Jul 23, 2010 10:06 am

I bought The Admiral a Camry hybrid last year so....... add a couple of twin props and lots of flotation and presto.......a battery powered yacht for the mountain lake. Great idea Chris and Joe.