Paul: I'm with you! It's confusing enough as it
is! As I might have mentioned (or some of you might
have realized!) I consider myself "technically
impaired"! Doesn't mean that I'm stupid, but just that brain
is not willing to wrestle with formulas etc. I'm
also hard-headed and determined to have electric
propulsion or - nothing! I will NOT put another diesel
inside my home! If the option is forking out $10.000,-
to $12.000,- for an electric system...then I'll
stick with sails and the occasional push from my
dinghy. It's really a shame that something so obviosly
right as an electric motor for a boat has to be so
difficult to get/decide on, and it escapes me why there is
not any financial support available for developers of
non-polluting systems.<br>Sitting in "my" marina, I daily watch
the bilge-pumps squirting oily bilge water out in the
harbour. Pretty disgusting, and I wonder what the people
who managed to ban the more effective bottom-paints
are looking now? But maybe the oily slick inhibts the
spread of mosquitoes - what do I know!<br>Looking at
systems (sorry, but now I'm finally back on the subject
again...) the different options seems to range from between
$2.000,- to $12.000,- without batteries nor installation.
How is one to know? Would love some
sucess-stories!<br>This club is wonderfull, giving room for all kind of
opinions and ideas. And I enjoy the positive spirit of all
members. <br>Thanks to all of you!<br>Kirsti.
