Hello Martin,
A lot of your decision has to do with how you use your boat. A weekend sailor or day sailor who always returns to the dock and sails in protected waters would have a different type of system from someone who cruises their boat in coastal or blue water conditions.
There are a lot of choices for electric propulsion systems from DIY (if you have the time, expertise and drive to learn as you go), to complete systems that are easily installed by a marine technician or an owner who is comfortable with marine electric.
Most sailboats these days tend to have larger diesels for propulsion than they really need. That is so a larger alternator can be hung off the motor to power all of the other equipment on board the boat. All of the other electrical equipment you use on your boat is also something to be considered when making a choice as to which electric propulsion system to go with.
There are a number of vendors you may want to look at and get input from.
- Annapolis Hybrid Marine sells inboard shaft drive systems up to 22kW from Clean eMarine Americas, as well as electric saildrives up to 15kW from Oceanvolt Ltd.
- Elco sells inboard systems and has just introduced a new saildrive system.
- Electric Yacht sells inboard systems of many sizes and has just introduced a new saildrive system.
- ElctroProp sells inboard systems for up to 50hp equivalent conversions.
- Mastervolt sells several different systems from pod drives to shaft drives.
- Thunderstruck offers DIY systems
And there are any number of other companies around the world that have sprung up in the last few years that offer various types of marine electric propulsion models.
Sally Reuther
Annapolis Hybrid Marine
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 4:24 PM, mdemers2005@hotmail.com [electricboats] <electricboats@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Hello,
I am thinking to convert my sailboat engine to electric. It is a 50 hp diesel engine.The sailboat weight at 18,000 lbs. Wich kind of electric motor should I use?
Thanks in advance, Martin
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