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Electric motors? -- uanhanluke -- 10/30/09 4:57p.m.

Tohatsu -- James (Sun Cat "Little Easy") -- 10/30/09 5:37p.m.

engines -- bob snow -- 10/30/09 7:12p.m.

Electric propulsion is not ready for prime time -- Tom Ray, Sun Cat "Wily Conch" -- 10/31/09 4:50a.m.

I made the same choice -- Riley Smith, MS Gulf Coast -- 10/31/09 5:38a.m.

Yep to all of the above. -- Steve Haines, catboats, Goose Bayou, FL -- 10/31/09 6:59a.m.

right again -- bob snow -- 10/31/09 6:52p.m.

Ethanol? -- uanhanluke -- 10/31/09 6:54p.m.

Putt putt! -- uanhanluke -- 10/31/09 7:00p.m.

Hi Again -- Bob, Fox, Mo -- 11/1/09 4:22a.m.

No, it's in the ethonol. -- Steve Haines, catboats, Goose Bayou, FL -- 11/1/09 5:37a.m.

ethonol -- bob snow -- 11/1/09 6:11a.m.

So many stories -- uanhanluke -- 11/1/09 6:22p.m.

 The right tool for the job...  -- Jim B., Out and About -- 11/1/09 6:48p.m.

Keeping your tanks full -- Tom Ray, Sun Cat "Wily Conch" -- 11/2/09 4:55a.m.

I've found a "pure" gas dealer, who happens to be a Pure station, and am going -- Norm BlackWatch KITTYHAWK -- 11/2/09 9:39a.m.

Yep. Norm, there's a place in Southport -- Steve Haines, catboats, Goose Bayou, FL -- 11/2/09 1:35p.m.

Norm, where is that staion?? -- Mark Milam, Jean 42DS, Alerion catboat 19 -- 11/10/09 9:51p.m.

It's in Metaire, or more exact, River Ridge. It is a Pure station on Jefferson -- Norm BlackWatch KITTYHAWK -- 11/11/09 11:04a.m.

There is an article about this -- Bob, Fox, Mo -- 11/2/09 4:34p.m.

Electric motor -- uanhanluke -- 11/2/09 6:07p.m.