Electric Motors for Boats

On Saturday, April 23rd 2022 in Southern California, it was a perfect day for sailing. The wind picked up around noon, and maintained between 7-12 Kts, according to Predict Wind ®, my favorite wind monitoring iPhone App. A friend and I left Long Beach, Alamitos Bay in the morning, and we motored out of the…

This Hunter 33 sailboat was our first vessel to receive a NEB-25 electric propulsion system.  The whole process was relatively simple.  The old diesel engine was disconnected and lifted out at a shipyard using their crane, and then the crane lowered in the new NEB-25 motor and its 10 kWh battery pack into the vessel.…