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That's not what I was describing.

A petrol generator is the last thing you want on a small yacht! As many have identified the major drawback to electric is range because...

As Marceline says, no, it's really only useful from 6 knots plus. And you have to bear in mind that it creates drag (you can't get...

I've pondered a suitcase charger, but I figure if I'm going to have an ICE on board to charge my outboard I might as well have an ICE...

sadly not on it's own - I think the ePropulsion starts to regen above 4 knots but had heard it's not too much - it's more 6 knots where...

I would expect the hole in the water which the boat occupies to be included. Plus everything that is on board at the time the boat is...

Unless otherwise specified, I would expect the boat to be ready to sail but not necessarily have domestic stuff. I would expect a...

I'm putting my money on thermostat stuck closed and water is flowing via bypass .... but we don't know.

I didn't know that was a thing, what a superb feature. Would a knot or two of tide on a mooring be enough?

Yes motorsailing obviously helps and is preferable thought the straits can be narrow of course for tacking. Even worse than too much...

That seems plausible. I've seen a member of one of my own clubs (wrongly) tell a Fisherman with his young son they weren't allowed to...

I fear the RYA legal advice was "Crowdfund yourselves some legal help.". :D

Going back quite a few years when I lived in East Sussex, I recall listening to some people complaining about how the people of the Bewl...

I don't get that. I can understand how you'd force a sailing club to close to redevelop the land but he seems to have forced it to close...

In answer to one minor point above I use the same long shafts on dinghies and my 1 ton 21ft bilge keeler and they work fine. If your...