John,
Keep in mind that the people on this board are fans of the technology. It would take a special kind of personality to stay in a group like this if one didn't think that the time and money spent on their conversion was worth it. Anecdotally, I know of a few boats that were converted to electric and put up for sale in much less than a season. Even with the conversion just completed, the asking prices did not reflect the considerable investment in the drive conversion. While I didn't speak to the sellers, one can assume that they weren't satisfied with the results. At least one of those owners had already bought a similar ICE version of their converted boat to replace the electric one.
Try going online and reading user reviews of Torqeedo outboards. There are many people that are very disappointed in their purchase, they don't have an electric mentality. That said, I own a Torqeedo Travel 801 and I believe that it represents the top end of that market segment.
I will say again that I don't believe that electric sailboats can meet the expectations of most sailboat owners today (a lot like electric cars). However, for sailors that use their boats in a way that doen't conflict with the obvious compromises of an electric sailboat, electric drive can be very pleasant improvement.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "John Green" <v_2jgree@...> wrote:
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> Hi, Myles, thanks for that advice.
> For my first fiddling with the dinghy, I am stuck with what I have,
> which is a load of unknowns as far as the motor specs go....
> the posts I never see here are the ones saying how electric drives
> are a failure, and a return to ICE is now the plan....
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> John
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