On Sun, 06 May 2007 21:46:25 +0000, Larry wrote:

I'd shoot for 8KW-10KW to allow you a little breathing room for future
expansion, something that always happens.

Waaaay overkill.

My old boat had a similar A/C and it ran fine on a 7 KW gen set with
lots of power left over.

My present boat has 4 zones of similar A/Cs and they all run just fine
on a 15 kw gen set with power in reserve.