Hi, Charles, and group,

"Charles T. Low" wrote in message
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What electrical loads qre you planning on carrying?

We don't yet know for sure. There's some stuff which needs attention, and
some other stuff we expect to buy. In any case, I'm not happy with the
amount of charging provided by the engine, which we ran for an awful lot of
the time on our shakedown/delivery cruise, and still found ourselves not
fully charged most of the time. Otto (the autopilot) is so hungry we
basically didn't use him, preferring to go with Manny (Manuel Steering) most
of the time, due to the drain. FWIW, the batteries, 4xT105, are pretty new.

Could you get by without a generator?

No doubt - but only at the expense of installing a solar and wind farm,
which, actually, is our preference. As noted in another post, humorously
observed by Larry, but seriously by Bill, we'd readily consider selling it,
as it would enable our conversion. We'll be in the tropics, where sun and
wind are abundant.

L8R

Skip and Lydia