So because I have a 29 foot boat, space as you can appreciate is tight, but not too bad. For those of your familiar with Cutwater, my boat though roughly 50 years old or older (still tracking this statistic down) is much like the Cutwater 30, link below. Amazingly roomy for its size.
C-30 Sedan
I do have room for a microwave but I decided against one, my refitter argued me out of getting one. Microwaving for most of us isn't for cooking but warming up which of course can be done a number of other ways. So I just watched my wife and myself using our microwave. I do at least 50 % of the cooking and I will only use the microwave about once a week. I am a huge barbecue fan with side burner and even cook breakfast using it, keeps the smell out of the kitchen (I'm a Weber freak). My BBQ on the boat is the proverbial Weber Q 1200 which is a fan favourite on the Cruiser forum:
Weber Q1200 Grill on a boat - Cruisers & Sailing Forums
But I also bought a 1380 watt convection oven and I have an induction cooking plate and a toaster. So you all have done the calculation for how many amps I have to burn with 4 fireflies. By the way, I bought 6 and was going to use that for my battery bank, then install cheaper AGM's (2) for my Exturn new bow thruster. I started to get nervous about the added weight (I have also added other stuff in the boat) so I dedicated two fireflies for my bow thruster which will provide me with longer bursts for the thruster. In this issue of Pacific Yachting, some larger boat was reviewed and it was the first time I saw a reviewed boat use 6 fireflies, 4 for the bank and 2 for the thruster, so I thought - what'd ya know, I finally got something right.
As has been noted, I am having the Efoy 210 installed and this combined with the 70 amp charger on my new Merc 6.2 350 stern drive will give me ample juice if I move every three or four days. Mercury and Volvo won't permit larger amp'd chargers on their motors or it voids the warranty.
Running my convection oven for around 50 minutes (remember it cycles on and off) which is enough time to cook a whole chicken will burn roughly 100 amps, the Efoy can easily replace this. You might be thinking why not just cook it on the BBQ which I will be doing mostly when on the hook, but the convection oven will be back up when propane gets low, planning trips into the Broughton's and Alaska. When in a marina, I will mostly use the convection oven and induction plate.
After doing almost three complete home rennovations and living in motorhomes and travel trailers while this all took place, I'm use to using washer and dryers at the RV parks or other areas.