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<blockquote data-quote="Retired Educator" data-source="post: 294455" data-attributes="member: 3373">Interesting. I would love this on my pontoon where I mostly cruise around on a smaller lake, sipping (or gulping) a beer and enjoying a nice summer day. Quiet would be so nice if the batteries last for a day and charge overnight. Running out of battery would not be much of a problem as I would never be more than about a mile from my lake home and always somebody around to give a pull.As for noise on jet-skis the newer models are much quieter than the old. Would be fine if the power and performance of the gas models are the same. Why ride a jet-ski that only goes 40mph and takes 5 seconds to get there? Go through a tank of gas in a day? Mine is more like 6-8 gal/hr and with a 14 gallon tank that's a pretty short day. Luckily the grandkids who are burning most of the gas are also in charge of refilling. Don't mind paying for the gas as long as I don't have to fill.From my knowledge of electric golf carts I'd be questioning the battery weight in a 150hp outboard that would have a running time of a long day on the water. Do agree that the idea is certainly worth pursuing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Retired Educator, post: 294455, member: 3373"] Interesting. I would love this on my pontoon where I mostly cruise around on a smaller lake, sipping (or gulping) a beer and enjoying a nice summer day. Quiet would be so nice if the batteries last for a day and charge overnight. Running out of battery would not be much of a problem as I would never be more than about a mile from my lake home and always somebody around to give a pull. As for noise on jet-skis the newer models are much quieter than the old. Would be fine if the power and performance of the gas models are the same. Why ride a jet-ski that only goes 40mph and takes 5 seconds to get there? Go through a tank of gas in a day? Mine is more like 6-8 gal/hr and with a 14 gallon tank that's a pretty short day. Luckily the grandkids who are burning most of the gas are also in charge of refilling. Don't mind paying for the gas as long as I don't have to fill. From my knowledge of electric golf carts I'd be questioning the battery weight in a 150hp outboard that would have a running time of a long day on the water. Do agree that the idea is certainly worth pursuing. [/QUOTE]

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