Kirsti there are more steamers than sailors on
these pages and the Freshwaterseas site says it all
there. North America is very inclined (electrically) to
that idyllic pursuit of tranquil lakes and trolling.
No doubt you are as excited as i am that there are a
few bigger units around capable of replacing internal
combustion.<br>You can find my boat in my profile - a lot different
to yours but similar power needs.<br>I am waiting
for a final solution which includes re-charging as i
sail because i have the sailpower/boatspeed. Until
then i am fitting a pancake (disc) motor in my
outboard as a retro as it's all i can afford and i'll use
the bits later in a new system (probably first
battery change)and sell off the surplus.<br>Getting out
of the port is all i need and there's usually
off-shore morning wind so 10-30 minutes power is adequate.
If there was no wind at all then it would be 3 knots
of speed and conserve the range. As the boat was
always under-powered i will still put up with 2 kn
boatspeed into a 35kn headwind when i cannot sit outside
all nite.<br>I think 90% of us are like you and we
are writing the manual ouselves as we speak....
