Me too. I having been looking for a project boat as a platform for experimenting with an electric conversion/hybrid/solar/wind, and I think I will go with a Mac 26. It is extremely light, I think you can get to hull speed with a fairly low current draw compared to a keel boat. Accomodations are decent for the weight of boat. Disadvantages are inland coastal sailing only, not sure about battery stowage, hard to imagine solar panels w/o an arch.
Also surprised that it hasn't been worked through, makes me question my choice.
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "roger.dann" <dann.roger@...> wrote:
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> I'm sure this has been worked thru before but a search reveals nothing here. Isn't a Macgregor 26 sailboat an ideal candidate for electric conversion? It has ballast tanks that when flooded add 12oo lbs of water for sailing stability. The 50hp outboard recommended is a few more hundred pounds, doesn't this equate to a decent Ah storage capacity if tanks are opened for battery storage? What is the the approx. wt/ah for different batteries?
> Roger
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