EV CONVERSIONS, Electric

Greg Moore the owner did his first electric conversion in 1998 for a retired HP executive who sailed around the world with a huge solar panel array we made and we installed a bunch of lead acid battery's where the fuel tanks were. I saw him years later and asked how he liked it. His answer " when I had sun, I motored, when I had wind I sailed, if I had neither, I read a book." Hundreds of stories about converting your boat to an electric propulsion system are out there, written by real-life sailors telling real-life accounts about switching to electric propulsion. There are both pros and cons of making the transition.In our research, most smaller or lighter sailboats or any boat with a huge prop turning really slowly will not regret converting. If you love the feeling of the wind in your hair, you can easily go as fast on electric propulsion, just not all day long without a charge.Lithium, Sodium, there will always be a new battery technology on the horizon. Todays push is to use lithium which has one major benefit which is that they can pump out max amps until dead. A lead acid cuts back it potential thru the entire discharge curve, robbing you of the amps a lithium battery can use.Many vendors sell really good lithium and deep cycle battery's, we have a local vendor we trust who keeps us supplied with any kind of battery's we need and they always are in stock. You can usually get started converting right away. If you have a hundred grand, you can do this easily. If your trying to do it on 50 grand, you will be successful just not as reliable.Other companies who can do this type of work other than Greg Moore are Dixon Marine, most everyone else is learning on the job and not a real electrical engineer or won't know basic ohms law theory or could recite one electrical formula. Be careful that your electric boat conversion is done by a real engineer or highly trained navy technician.