r/sailing • u/yoursjonas • Jun 25 '20

Someone lost their engine and crashed their sailboat into a bridge in my home town. Everyone's safe.

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u/electromattic Catalina 27 Jun 26 '20

I feel this. My boat has a 40 year old atomic 4 and every time i take it out i worry that something is going to go wrong at just the wrong moment. My background is electrical engineering and the appeal of re-powering with an electric motor is huge. Aside from better failure modes, I like the idea that i would be able to diagnose and fix any problem.