Inverter vs Genset

Well that s why I said early on that it depends on how you use the boat and that includes weather.

Obviously the quality of living standards in San Francisco are lower than they are else where otherwise people would not tolerate the homeless defecating on the streets

OMG, You kids still on this? I'm so confused.
Maybe if I type slower the reading impaired will under stand.

Fix or replace the gen set and move on. Send pictures of the happy faces cruising around.

Hasenpfeffer was a fav recipe in the old days. Shoot that wabbit.
Finalize the OP guys. It's way in left field over the fence.
Open a new thread if an ideal needs to continue.
When you bring in rabbit, I get hungry and all bets of politeness are off.

Swamp hunter

Do you plan to do the Delta at all? Get's warmish and buggy over that way.Don't forget that the AC also provides reverse-cycle heat for those cool and foggy mornings. A space heater will take the bloom off the inverter batteries pretty quick, too.
Count me in the "fix or replace generator" camp. Ultimately, the best way to replace the energy used in an inverter system is with a generator. A really big problem with high output alternators for main engine mount is the drive system. It takes more than 1 V-belt to drive a 150 amp alternator at full output. One belt WILL slip, and it WILL have a short life span. I would be surprised if your Detroits could accommodate a double belt or better yet, a serpentine type wide belt.
I've run boats with huge battery banks, and in the final analysis, for anchoring overnight, energy management just isn't fun. One boat had 12 L-16 batteries at 400 ah +/- each, and the big home type fridge, additional freezer, icemakers, and flat screens in the cabins didn't last the night in many situations. I've been in generator curfew zones with a Nordhavn 55 that sucked down the batteries overnight with guests aboard, except the generator was broken at the time. Trying to charge the batteries from the main with 150 amp alternator was no quick fix. It took all day cruising and the next night on shore power to get the batteries topped up. With a generator, you can charge the inverter batteries after a quiet night on inverter AND have enough power to make coffee and breakfast. Maybe take the foggy chill off.

The boats I ran could cruise in temperate conditions without generators, since hydraulics came from mains. There was no appreciable benefit to that, though, other than keeping the gen hours down. You get used to avoiding cooking underway and not having to fire up the gen. Silly, really, that it becomes a "thing". It's not like we had to hand crank the genny .
On the yachts I've run with "Night" inverter systems, I found that they were often troublesome to manage, since I couldn't manage the energy consumers, meaning the owners and guests. Lights, TV's, the stereos for the TV sound left on all night, ice makers working flat-out to restore cocktail ice, and innumerable little things. Nothing like waking up to a "Low Voltage" alarm 3 hours before the boss wants to wake up in the morning to peaceful silence and you're sweating the minutes before it's permissible to fire up the genny.
Inverter systems are great technology, but they're no kind of magic bullet. They're perfect for owner/operators that get used to operating within the system design limitations. Building in excess capacity equals a lot of space and weight. The 12 battery L16 banks on one yacht I ran was the size of a regular side-by-side refrigerator lying on it's back. For those who haven't had the pleasure of shifting the 114 lb. beauties, they're 16.5" high, 7" thick, and almost a foot wide. About $3,000 to replace them all, Every 3 to 4 years.

Back in 2008 I installed a 4kW inverter along with 16 golf cart batteries. It gave us about 18 hours run time for a couple of subzero drawer sets, ice maker/fridge combo and TVs and stuff. That was because the owner wanted to have the boat on a mooring for the summer and they only wanted to run the genset in the Morning and evening to cook, make water and recharge. It worked pretty well for 3 seasons but the bank was sized for their needs and they knew what the limits were