Electra
Model: Catalac 9M
Loa: 9 m lwl
Beam: 4.2 m
Displacement: 5000 kg
type: sailboat catamaran
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Conversion date: 2023-06-27
Total costs: 15000.00 USD
12v/24v system: 12v 280AH
Description: Bought the boat with dead diesels, so they were removed and the conversion started. I call it a solar powered yacht instead of a battery powered yacht, because I try run on solar and not by plugging in. The sails are still a work in progress, so at the moment I motor everywhere!
Hindsight: When I got the quote for new rigging I should have simply removed the mast and give for even more solar... That was the biggest cost and I still don't have working sails! The only other thing I might have changed was by going for pods instead of the outboards. They would have given far better manoeuvrability when docking.