Coastal "long range" is usually a series of short range trips... so the requirement can be bounded by features like having enough fuel and water...
AGLCA is at www.greatloop.org -Chris
Force 12 G4s from marinebeam.com, warm white. More light (lumens) than the original halogens. -Chris
Seems like a very useful approach, if compressor run time is critical... as is maybe the case, in "island's" case. -Chris
Capt J's comment about solar that far north may be spot on. My experience with NovaKool is that they're pretty good fridges. DC compressors,...
Yep, good point about sunlight. Wind generator? (Mostly the loud ones are sort of a pain...) Or sometimes you can't get there from here,...
I don't see an RFU 9000 on that link, but I'd guess then maybe their RFU 9009 draws about the same amount of current. (Your manual will say.) If...
NovaKool amp draw chart. Note values are based on 75-degree temps, after the unit has reached desired internal temps....
Which model NovaKool? And in what kind of exterior/interior ambient temps? Three days if outside and inside temps are in the 60s is likely...
Are you saying that 8D dies after 36 hours and you haven't re-charged during that period? While you're not on shorepower, yes? Many 8Ds will...
Current is Silverton, 13 years old, sanitation hoses seem to be nothing special (the one I can easily see labeling on -- from overboard macerator...
I'm surprised so many seem to have sanitation hose failures. We've never had that happen, and we never have head odors. We have "enjoyed" some...
That's a symptom of having a holding tank vent filter in place... and it's now beyond its useful life. You can trace things a bit by hanging...
So the engines were making WOT, but with no room to spare... -Chris
What are rated WOT RPMs for 6V92 engines? 2350? Or...? -Chris
You crack me up! :) -Chris
With that kind of horsepower in that size boat, I'd have expected the seller's numbers to be closer to reality. Was the hull clean? Running...
Annapolis Cruisair. -Chris
I took both classes several years ago, well worth the money to me. -Chris
Didn't mean to exacerbate thread drift; just meant to counterpoint what I perceived as a broad brush condemnation. Individual anecdotes would, of...
