I agree that one should not get caught up in the motor weight when considering an electric conversion. I believe that motor weight ends up being a small part of the installation of an electric drive. With motors/drive units weighing from 60 to 100 pounds, they are just a small percentage of the battery weight, which ranges from 400 to 1000 pounds in a typical electric drive installation. Focusing on battery weight will provide a bigger difference in the overall installation weight.
Fair winds,
Eric
1964 Cheoy Lee Bermuda 30 ketch - Serenity
Marina del Rey, CA
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> ... Weight of the motor may or may not be important and that depends on your boat and what you have on it… Depending on the motor involved doubling the power it can produce physically should double its weight so again it depends on your boat and what it can carry as well as other systems like reduction and cooling that is standard to the motor that add weight...
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