My advice as you have asked for...would be to sell the Yanmar boat and invest into a electric designed vessel out of the gate. Otherwise like so many major modifications you will be sending good money after bad.
Switching my 1976, Hunter 30 diesel to electric
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Like you ran out if electric juice that forced you to sail most time?
Can we at least agree that it is combustion engines and electric motors?
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No, because an electric motor used for propulsion is a motor. A diesel motor used for propulsion is a motor. An engine is a device used to convert power into motion. Or so says MIT's alumni website.
Motor v. Engine: What's the Difference?
“We use the words interchangeably now,” says Fuller. The definitions are quoted from Oxford Dictionary with the statement from MIT so........can agree?No, because an electric motor used for propulsion is a motor. A diesel motor used for propulsion is a motor. An engine is a device used to convert power into motion. Or so says MIT's alumni website.
Motor v. Engine: What's the Difference?
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Looks like Tesla doesn't agree with Oxford Dictionary also....
Induction Versus DC Brushless Motors | Tesla
Here is a link to the Beta Marine Parallel system which is a full dino-squeezings power train in parallel with an electric propulsion system.
It depends on who you ask but I have always been taught that motor is electric, and engine is chemical energy conversion. Difference Between Motor and Engine (With Table) – Ask Any DifferenceNo, because an electric motor used for propulsion is a motor. A diesel motor used for propulsion is a motor. An engine is a device used to convert power into motion. Or so says MIT's alumni website.
Motor v. Engine: What's the Difference?
So, we don't motor into a marina wondering why all these jugheaeds around us enjoy motorboats?
