Sounds cool, until he talked about the battery. This big bad boy of a battery can only power the boat for a very, very few hours? And 10kw is quite a bit to charge, too. On my sailing boat, I want to have auxillary power for more than just that long. In fact, if I go from Bangor to Belfast it'll take me 3 hours, and that I usually do under engine alone because it's 2/3 of the way in the channel, where sails are restricted anyway, and sailing for that short amount of time is not really worth it. With this engine and battery, I would probably just about make it, maybe run out of power right before I am in the marina. Not really good.... And even worse in stormy conditions. That's what I really have the engine for. To be able to maneuver in bad weather. This is something that is always to be avoided, but as a long term cruiser, it will happen eventually. And if I only have 1-3 hours of manevurabilty then, it is quite dangerous if I used up all of my power. In bad weather you don't generate any electricity, as the winds are usually too much for wind turbines and there is no sun.
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Considering this as a replacement for my big old diesel
You can put more than one battery or run it on your generator
Sounds cool, until he talked about the battery. This big bad boy of a battery can only power the boat for a very, very few hours? And 10kw is quite a bit to charge, too. On my sailing boat, I want to have auxillary power for more than just that long. In fact, if I go from Bangor to Belfast it'll take me 3 hours, and that I usually do under engine alone because it's 2/3 of the way in the channel, where sails are restricted anyway, and sailing for that short amount of time is not really worth it.
With this engine and battery, I would probably just about make it, maybe run out of power right before I am in the marina. Not really good....
And even worse in stormy conditions. That's what I really have the engine for. To be able to maneuver in bad weather. This is something that is always to be avoided, but as a long term cruiser, it will happen eventually. And if I only have 1-3 hours of manevurabilty then, it is quite dangerous if I used up all of my power. In bad weather you don't generate any electricity, as the winds are usually too much for wind turbines and there is no sun.