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Has the Time Come for Electric Propulsion in our Sailboats? One Man’s Answer.

By George Day · On May 2, 2018

There are several companies out there producing and supplying electrical propulsion systems for boat, sailboats in particular. The idea of almost carbon-free power has an appeal to sailors since we travel on solar power (wind) most of the time and why not make it all of the time? Fabio Brunazzi, inventor, cruiser and dreamer has refitted his Columbia 29 with electric power and has posted the results on his website.

 

“Electric vehicles (EV) and hybrids are conquering little by little the market of light duty vehicles, with some forecast that put internal combustion engines (ICE) to soon be less competitive when compared to EVs. Other experts are more conservative on how soon this is going to happen, but it seems clear that ICE is fated to become obsolete as EVs are “the rational, economic choice”.” Read more.

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