Next message: Jim Burgoyne: "[world-cruising] Re: engineless"
Jim,
Ditch the reefer and get one of those little cooler boxes they use to keep
stuff cold at games.
Low amp draw.
For a reefer, we bought a Frigiboat unit and its great.
Warmest days and it only draws four amps per hour for a huge reefer box.
good luck
mike
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From: "Jim Burgoyne" <>
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Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 1:49 PM
Subject: [world-cruising] engineless
> After much debate, mostly with myself, I am probably going to pull my
> engine rather than rebuild or replace. Other than wind, I plan to go
> with two forms of propulsion on my Vancouver 27, a pair of rowing oars
> for manoeuvring in tight and a sculling oar for the open water. I'm
> told that I could pretty easily maintain one knot (no wind, no waves,
> slack tide) with a long sculling oar and that's fine with me.
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> What is not fine is the loss of the engine as a battery charger. I
> have four Trojan 105s.
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> No question, if this idea has a killer, it's my fridge. It's the hill
> I can't seem to get over. The old one that came with the boat has all
> but died, and I will replace it quick as I can. I really don't want to
> live without a fridge and I know my love life would take a turn for
> the worse if I didn't have one.
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> I have a 75-watt Siemen's solar panel. I don't like wind gens for
> their constant noise, so to complement the panel I've been focusing on
> trailing water gens or one or two more panels when at anchor. It might
> seem hypocritical to some to buy a little fuel-run genset, but it
> would be nice to have one for emergencies and cheaper than a new
> Yanmar.
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> Anyone who is engineless or has ideas for coping with the loss of
> generating capacity I'd be happy to hear what you've done, or suggest
> I do. Also appreciate name of a small dependable (reasonably quiet)
> genset to consider and maybe (this is a longshot) a brand of fridge
> that might be more fuel efficient.
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> Cheers,
> Jim (in Thailand)
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