Electrifying Betty Jane

Quiet. Th at’s what you hear as you back away from the mooring. No chug, chug, chug from the diesel as water cascades out of the exhaust. Just a slight whirring as the boat smoothly glides in reverse. A twist of the throttle and the boat moves forward with the most notable sound being the wake proceeding astern.

This is how , my 1982 Mystic 20 Catboat, sounds now that she has had her combustion engine replaced with an electric motor. She was built