Chris,
Sillette has had Sonic electric saildrives available for a while, so I would assume that there have been a few conversions done by now. I haven't heard any reports directly from an electric saildrive owner to date.
Here's a link to a brochure from Sillette that includes a discussion about electric conversions.
http://www.sillette.co.uk/pdf/sonic_elect_mk2_brochure.pdf
That said, given the boat's displacement and stock 28hp diesel installation, I would think that you should be looking at drives right around the 10kW level.
Fair winds,
Eric
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, Chris Witzgall <chris@...> wrote:
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> Does anyone know of an electric conversion using a saildrive? It looks like
> there are a few drop in solutions.
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> I would think that the saildrive could have a nice big prop, and it is
> exactly facing aft, so very efficient.
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> We are buying a new to us boat, a 35 foot Wauquiez Pretorien, and the engine
> MAY be toast.
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> Chris
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