Amongst owners of my previous boat design, it was common for them to use electric motors. I didn't, I have a gas outboard so used it. These boats only weighted in at 600 lbs or so and heard stories of folks being let down, not being able to make any headway against a small chop or wind and complications that rendered the motors useless (why they weren't sailing is beyond me). Personally, I would not use an electric on an M15. Just my 2 cents worth. Bobbie Mayer wrote:
I'm here, but my boat isn't, so not much to report, sadly. (Boat is in Washington, I am in California.) I keep reading Craig's List looking for interesting sailboats (small) but I really don't need another sailboat, I just need to retire and be near the one I have.
Though I was thinking about something the other day: around the time I bought my boat I had a book called "Sailing on a Microbudget" or maybe Cruising on a Microbudget? It was about pocket cruisers like the WWP. Anyway, either in there or in SBJ at about the same time, someone wrote about using a trolling motor instead of a gas motor on these boats. I seriously considered it, doing mainly lake sailing at that time. Has anyone on the list tried a trolling motor (and thus battery) in their M15?
Bobbie
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