Seastoke
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I see some boats have no gas and only have a electric hob micro etc ,and have no generator only a inverter ,how do they manage when on anchor or mooring
Electric galleys
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rafiki_
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On our previous boat we had this set up. Quite a lot of domestic battery, 450 ah iirc, and a 2kw inverter. Worked fine for us, current boat is all electric, but we have a decent gennie too.
NoviceRod
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We shall be going all electric on the new Nimbus, with a gennie.
Can't wait for April/May as we are now 'sans boat' as the 335 has gone for part exchange
Can't wait for April/May as we are now 'sans boat' as the 335 has gone for part exchange
jrudge
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I had a 33 ft Chranchi. It had some sort of spirit stove which also had an electric hob.
I had a 3000w Ebay inverter. For anything other than s short burst I would start the engines on fast idle and leave it running for 5 min after.
Not ideal but it did work !
I had a 3000w Ebay inverter. For anything other than s short burst I would start the engines on fast idle and leave it running for 5 min after.
Not ideal but it did work !
Bouba
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A new Nimbus eh? That reminds me of what my French repairman said the other day when I was showing him my snagging list, ‘what do you expect? It’s not a Nimbus!’
rafiki_
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How about some taster pics?
Robin
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we will be looking for a live aboard when we get back to UK One concern is cooking and for us gas or at least a combined gas/electric option is preferred. With gas only you can always add a plug in device, even an induction hob, but all electric relies on the shorepower staying on or a decent generator. OUr live aboard motor yacht in the USA was previously owned by other ex yotties and had a proper propane stove/oven even though it had an 8kw generator not to mention a 3kw inverter and 600watts or so of solar panels. We later had a sailboat with a 3kW inverter as well as a gas stove. The inverter going tits up was a reminder to my paranoia, even though it was quickly and expensively replaced. USA boaters are truly paranoid about gas risks and most motor yachts here are all electric. When we lived aboard we cooked a lot using plug in electric gizmos, simply because we had a fixed rate monthly charge for electrics. We had an electric skillet (frypan) steamer, toaster oven, deep fat fryer G grill/sandwich toaster, kettle, coffee maker etc. Our current 'dirt' home is all electric and I hate it for cooking, too slow to react, difficult to fine tune and easy to forget it is still hot and get burned. USA 120VAC electrics are weak, our kettle sets world records fo slowest to boil.
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BruceK
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mine came with an electric hob, direct swap out for alcohol burner. Alcohol isn't that hot though so also carry a portable, butane cannister, burner for the kettle that sits in its own corner of the galley to speed up boil times
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NoviceRod
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Not started build yet! Will start a thread when I get first pictures from Mariestad.
oceanfroggie
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Need a generator for peace and quiet. Its a pain and inefficient starting the main engine(s) to prevent an inverter from draining the domestics excessively when under such a heavy load. We use our geni when at anchor, and often even when moored at a visitor pontoon as I couldn't be bothered hooking up the shore power lead.
Elessar
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I had a Diesel hob, which was great and doubles as a backup/top up cabin heater.
Snag with diesel nob is they are slow to heat up so I had a 2kW inverter which when turned on only fed the kettle socket and the microwave, Boiling a kettle on a diesel hob is a waiting game (from cold)
Snag with the inverter is it is hard on batteries, and even though I restricted it to two outlets I still had someone use the oven at anchor (convection rather than microwave function) and I didn't realise until the music stopped........
So last year I fitted a 3kW whispergen, sold the diesel hob and went fully all electric. The whispergen is only 100kg, and is compact, but the exhaust system with a water separator needs a surprising amount of space.
Momac
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Presumably they drink cold drinks and eat cold food. Or eat out more often than not.