Electric Sailboat . . . On The Cheap ?

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I'm thinking of powering my Newport 28.

I've seen the conversion kits and they're not too costly.

Problem I have is I'm cheap and I hate spending more money than I need to.

I know that brushless motors use less wattage to run than do brush-type motors.

BUT, I also know one of the chief complaints of sailboaters is the gas/fuel that is always left at the end of the year.

I also know that many sailboaters . . . in fact most all the sailboaters I know, only buy gas at the beginning of the boating season. Often they're topping off any gas they left from the previous year.

With this in mind, I wonder why brush-type motors are not being used for electrifying boats. I know that there's no sparks in a brushless motor, but seriously, the lack of a sparking brush is not a safety concern.