Luc, - "The HP cruiser 60 does very well in all wind conditions except in very light winds. Sailing is bidirectional but motoring in very light winds can be kept unidirectional. Motorsailing is only possible in one direction then. Small price to pay for not having to get complicated and go bidirectional with props."
That may be, but some of us (me) will never be good enough to sail through a long narrow inlet directly into the wind and follow the ever changing buoys, while avoiding the dredging platform and the Carnival cruise ship at the same time.
"I would keep battery size down for just electricity for one night but without A/C and solar cells sized for the battery. Rick's solar powered stabilized monohull is a serious threat to the complication of sailing. Until then, I'll wait it out with a gen-set and electric motor combo without large battery bank."
It is very hard to beat a generator, especially when you have to have one anyway : ( But I would have enough battery power for 5 days of no sun (everything but AC) don't forget the tunes, DVD's, TV, Radios and of course the refrigeration and auto pilot.
Having an abundance of lithium battery power (they like being 50% charged) makes the solar panels much more efficient, the generator much more efficient, the batteries and inverter much more efficient. Moar Batteries is always better, except for the weight and cost.
I should have tripled my battery capacity and halved my solar panels. Typically my solar panels can fill up the batteries by 1pm wasting the best part of the solar day. And I can only go 2 to 3 days with no sun before I have to turn on the generator and listen to it, but then I make water too so it is okay. With more batteries though I might not ever have to use the generator.....
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