Hunter e36 Hybrid Question

[Maluhia]

I recently acquired a 2012 Hunter e36 Hybrid with an Elco electric motor and a Fischer Panda 7.5 kw genset. It doesn't have a sacrificial zinc on the prop shaft, and no usual mounting point for one. Does anyone know what the factory set up was on this unique model?

 

[Will Gilmore]

What an interesting question. I can't wait to read some of the responses from them that knows. Elco has a good reputation. I'm wondering if maybe the prop is a composite material and doesn't need an anode.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Maluhia]

Intriguing, isn't it?

 

[Will Gilmore]

I just thought of another option,

There are anodes that affix to the end of the prop shaft.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[rgranger]

I just thought of another option,

There are anodes that affix to the end of the prop shaft.

-Will (Dragonfly)

Right! Electricity is electricity and so I'm thinking that you need an anode someplace or anytime you plug in at a marina you will have problems.

 

[Maluhia]

Right! Electricity is electricity and so I'm thinking that you need an anode someplace or anytime you plug in at a marina you will have problems.

Will, that's exactly it! I revisited the survey and it says (1) Shaft streamline type, and (1) Propeller nut type. Thank you for chiming in!

 

[Will Gilmore]

I understand that it is possible to put a charge into a shaft, while plugged into a marina power supply, that gives up electrons, just as a zinc anode might. Basically you can create an electrical anode that does what a chemical anode does. No changing sacrificed zincs, no worries about degrading contact.

-Will (Dragonfly)

 

[Benny17441]

Most sailboats are hybrid, besides the sails they have a diesel auxiliary or a gas outboard. Is that factory designation?

 

[Maluhia]

Hello Benny17441,
Yes, that is the factory designation...Hunter e36 Hybrid. They started with the Hunter 27, and then expanded to the e36 from 2011 - 2013, when Hunter was acquired by Marlow. Apparently, the Elco electric motor option was (and possibly still is) available as an auxiliary power option from the factory.