My two cents. I like my diesel, but if a repower becomes necessary, I'd love to go all the way and replace the shaft and cutless bearing and strut with an electric saildrive. A saildrive has a lot less drag. But the cost is just too high right now to justify and range is still an issue unless there is a huge solar panel setup to constantly charge the batteries.
C > On 08/11/2020 11:16 AM Hoyt, Mike via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> > wrote: > > > > I would personally go insane owning an electric sailboat. > > > > I love the rumble and slight vibration of a diesel engine. It reassures > me and makes me feel all warm and cozy. > > > > Having a motor with a limited range that could die at any time due to > lack of battery power and need to be at a dock to next recharge would just > put me on edge when going anywhere. I can always carry more fuel and get > more fuel but do not always have the time or availability to dock a boat and > recharge. > > > > That is just me. Tesla has managed to make some very excellent cars that > do not seem to have this problem. > > > > One other thing is that if we all started having electric drives in our > boats our marina managers would increase electricity charges to all of us. > Our dockmaster once pointed out to me that our pricing model for electricity > was set up around members having C&C 30’s that used electricity only to > recharge a house battery and only occasionally. Give him one more excuse to > charge extra for electricity and he would be all over it like a sailor is all > over rum …. > > > > Mike Hoyt > > Persistence > > Halifax, NS > > > >
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