12-24-2008
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Telstar 28
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: New England
Posts: 43,315
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Sounds good to me...  keep up the good work...
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Originally Posted by Valiente
I see you've discovered my evil plan...Yes, that is essentially it. I want to run a fridge and radar and a laptop and SSB, with maybe a DVD in the evening if the boy's been good.
In order to accomplish that, I need X amount of amp/hours in battery storage. If I want to avoid running the diesel just to run the alternator, I need 4X aH so that solar and wind alone keep me topped up.
This means old-fashioned, bulletproof muscle-powered pumps, levers and so on, in combination with low-draw LEDs, and laptops and entertainment devices that are charged...literally...while the sun shines so I don't draw down the banks during still nights at anchor.
That way, if I need to run RADAR and AIS and maybe SSB 24/7 (or if I really want more ice cubes...), I can do so without necessarily needing to run the engine.
I am happy to run the engine when moving offshore to discharge, or when motorsailing or when going into a reef-strewn lagoon, and I am happy to store the amps made then.
But running a "muscle boat" means I can live and cruise without a lot of extras, and I can use my fuel efficiently and without pissing off the entire anchorage.
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Telstar 28
New England
You know what the first rule of sailing is? ...Love. You can learn all the math in the 'verse, but you take
a boat to the sea you don't love, she'll shake you off just as sure as the turning of the worlds. Love keeps
her going when she oughta fall down, tells you she's hurting 'fore she keens. Makes her a home.
—Cpt. Mal Reynolds, Serenity (edited)
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