Dan Best wrote in news:47a49137$0$36384
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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."

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

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
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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.

wrote:
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...

I found this on the Al Mason web site.
MASON 33/S S-065 1962 Aux. Sloop/Ketch Steel
32 ft-10 in LOD
24 ft-2 in LWL
10 ft-7 in Beam
5 ft Draft

This would seem to match up with the posted description.

hpeer wrote in news:47a5009d$0$14104
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1962

At that age, too, someone may have put an ultrasonic thickness guage to the
hull and found out how THIN it's gotten in strategic places after all those
years at sea.....

hpeer wrote in news:47a4b3ea$0$14080
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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.



Are you going to keep this boat in Singapore? The question about importing
it into the USA might be an interesting issue...or Canada.

Larry wrote:
hpeer wrote in news:47a4b3ea$0$14080
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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.



Are you going to keep this boat in Singapore? The question about importing
it into the USA might be an interesting issue...or Canada.


I think I am slowly coming to my senses on this. I already have one
boat 1,200 miles away. Although there is something to be said for this
the is also much against it. 12,000 miles is just too far.

hpeer wrote in news:47a517d9$0$14099
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12,000 miles is just too far.


A very excellent point. Sometimes, even 10 miles can be too far....