Featured Prius motor into a 45' Bayliner

some people love a challenge!

 

i admit, i had to look up what a bayliner was

 

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How's he/she going to take advantage of MG 1 & 2? IMHO; Honda or Ford's first gen hybrid setup would've been a better choice, because the electric motor was sandwiched in the transmission bell housing. To move that vessel, it's dependent on size of propeller and pitch = water churn, similar to tires on pavement.
As it sits, they'll need to utilize the crank shaft pulley to drive accessories. Are they going to try to utilize the traction pack for their electrical power source?

Just my two cents

FWIW; Our family used to have a 20 foot boat with a 4 cylinder Volvo penta engine and 20 gallon gas tank. We used to run it all day long and barely burn a quarter tank - fishing trolling. The was 40 years ago.

 

Of the videos on that channel, this might be the one closest to providing a rationale for the project:

I'm still not sure how much he understands, but he's done some earlier interesting stuff....

 

Much better was done before.

 

I have learned two things in life.

1. You can't fix stupid.
2. If you got enough money to burn - especially when it's "other peoples' money", you can do just about anything. You just need to talk some rich stupid idiot into paying for it.......