Hey John,
You're right about that!
Mark
Santa Cruz
--- In electricboats@yahoogroups.com, "John B." <jkbjr@...> wrote:
>
> Mark:
>
> I can't speak for anyone but myself but for what it's worth, I'm here
> because there are a bunch of people here who are much smarter than me when
> it comes to electric propulsion and they are willing to share their
> knowledge and experiences both good and bad. At some point I may be in a
> position to repower my boat and I'd like to have as much information as
> possible so I can make an informed decision. If there are improvements or
> even a "breakthrough" in batteries, motors or controls, I would think this
> would be a place to hear about them.
>
> John Bortner
> O'Day 27 "Circe"
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "acsarfkram" <acsarfkram@...>
> Sent: Thursday, June 09, 2011 12:31 PM
> To: <electricboats@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Electric Boats] Re: re ICE versus Electric
>
> > I sure hope this thread dies soon.
> >
> > To those that see EP as impractical for whatever reason (cost,range...) I
> > do not see anything changing in a big way for the next year. There will
> > likely be some battery improvements maybe even a "breakthrough", but I'm
> > guessing they will not be inexpensive.
> >
> > For the past three plus years EP has and is working sooo much better in
> > every way than ICE did on my sailboat. If/when I get another boat I'll be
> > looking for a sailboat with a dead or dieing engine and ripping it out to
> > replace with EP just like I did with my current boat and the sailboat
> > before that. If the perfect boat has a brand new diesel there will be a
> > diesel for sale :-).
> >
> > For me there is no comparison between ICE and EP, it's like two different
> > activities.
> >
> > So to those that have made up their minds that EP is impractical on a
> > sailboat that's fine but what are you doing here?
> >
> > Mark
> > Santa Cruz
> >
>
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