My goal of converting my Tartan 27 in an electric powered sailboat is well on it's way.  Back in 1991, I bought my first large boat.  It was a 32 foot wooden Chris Craft.  With the smelly 327s burning gasoline faster than I could drink water was no problem when dock fuel prices floated around $1.30 a gallon.

One day I decided I wanted to try the whole wind on the sails thing.  I still remember the day of feeling my small sailboat being pushed along on Lake Sacandaga by a breeze.  No noise, no smelly exhaust it was great until I had to fire up the 9hp 2 cycle outboard.  On my second trip out the pull starter cord broke and I had to sail back to the dock.  It was then I realized, and electric propulsion system might be more reliable.  So I took two 12 volt deep cycle batteries and bought a Minn Kota 65lb thrust trolling motor. I was surprised how nice it pushed that 21 foot day sailor off the dock and out so I could catch a beam wind.