Solar Panels
Solar panels are not something we are considering at this time. Mostly because our life style (at least the five years) does not include more than 10% of the time on the hook. We prefer to cruise all day to the harbor, secure a slip and possibly find a nice restaurant for dinner before returning to the boat for the night.
I will stress again our process that goes into building boats is to be honest with ourselves on how we plan to use the boat before investing in "stuff" and "equipment" that is not require.
If a boater/buyer is fortunate to have deep pockets and doesn't mind spending money then they can order everything on their wish list, the builder will love them.
We had everything on the last N40 and never used some of the equipment including the generator. I think we sold that boat with 10 hours total time on the generator and those hours were mostly just to run it since we know not to let machinery sit too long.
Great discussion.
John
John, It sounds like your boat would be a great candidate for solar to bridge the gap in power production. Are you considering it as a component to your vessel?
Solar panels are not something we are considering at this time. Mostly because our life style (at least the five years) does not include more than 10% of the time on the hook. We prefer to cruise all day to the harbor, secure a slip and possibly find a nice restaurant for dinner before returning to the boat for the night.
I will stress again our process that goes into building boats is to be honest with ourselves on how we plan to use the boat before investing in "stuff" and "equipment" that is not require.
If a boater/buyer is fortunate to have deep pockets and doesn't mind spending money then they can order everything on their wish list, the builder will love them.
We had everything on the last N40 and never used some of the equipment including the generator. I think we sold that boat with 10 hours total time on the generator and those hours were mostly just to run it since we know not to let machinery sit too long.
Great discussion.
John