I regularly peruse boats on Ebay (bored while traveling). This boat has
been on Ebay for a *long* time - re-listed again and again - and if
the add copy is to be believed, more than one seller has backed out /
couldn't finance / etc. Might be a fine boat, but it certainly makes me
wonder...

Keith Hughes

hpeer wrote:
Larry wrote:
Dan Best wrote in news:47a49137$0$36384
:

I wonder how many amp hours it takes cook a meal on that magnetic
induction cook top.


Round numbers say 2Kwh... 2000wh/13V=150-200 AH off the house batteries.

The boat is setup for a POWER PLANT, not batteries-and-a-flashlight
hermits. Does't it have a diesel power plant? It needs one.

Noone's gonna run an electric stove off batteries....unless they're on
a submarine with some SERIOUS batteries. The recharging would drive
you crazy!

Power has to come from somewhere....

Larry

"Nothing is funnier than a yachtie with a new 4KW inverter carrying
his electric heater down the dock with a big smile on his face."

Dan and Larry,

You are on to the drift of my comments. I still like the monel hull,
material and shape, and some of the features. If you threw out half the
crap and put in a decent cooker and vane it would be a good boat. And
you don't have to cross the Pacific to get it to where it is.

My own boat, a Murray 33 by Ted Brewer is much simpler. But I have a
proper vane and autopilot, kerosene cooker, kerosene heater, Espar
diesel heater, and sea berths. No AC needed at 50N.