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From: Billy Boy (no email)
Date: Thu Jul 07 2005 - 13:20:57 EDT
Dennis,
How did you lose your towed generator props? What
make were you using?
Thanks,
Andrew
--- Tales from American Eagle
<> wrote:
> Hi Jim,
> Nova Cool makes a small compressor that draws only
> 2.5 amps (instead of the
> usually 6-8). It's quite small, about 9 inch cube
> and runs about 700 or so
> Canadian. That 75 watt panel should keep ahead of
> that. I tried a towing
> generator and after I lost 3 props I gave up. How
> about rigging an
> alternator up to your existing propeller shaft? I
> have seen that done on a
> number of boats.
>
> Dennis
>
>
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> Sent: Sunday, July 03, 2005 10:50 AM
> To:
> 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.
>
> What is not fine is the loss of the engine as a
> battery charger. I
> have four Trojan 105s.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Cheers,
> Jim (in Thailand)
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