I think you guys are missing a great opportunity here.
Go with a electric drive that is mounted on beam or
from hull that can rotate 360 degrees and can also
rotate out of water on other axis for when sailing.
Have decent battery bank for in and out of dock
and for up to 3 to 5 hours of motoring and a small
diesel or gas generator 5000 watt to say 8000 watt
that can drive the motor as long as fuel lasts. :)
were only talking maybe a 4 to 6 horse electric motor
here. would give you equivelant power to a about a 15
to 20 hrs diesel engine..... go crazy and have two
smaller electric motors near your rudders but still do
the 360... amazing manuverability don't you think

. I am looking at powering my 21 ft mono with one big
electric trolling motor or maybe two mid sized ones
with this type setup.

check out the electricboats group on yahoo groups...
there is a lot of people building and using electric
drive boats now.

scott




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