Bad Obsession said:
Two batteries are standard. It sounds like your boat has had some serious upgrades.
You may want to look around and see if you can find a Dr. LED bulb for your halogen light (it is just as bright and the power savings is huge.
Is there any way you could add a few pics of the AC unit where it sits. I am curious to see this. I have always wondered where people put those and if I ever did it I had even considered sacrificing my hanging locker.
Do you have an autopilot? I had to get one installed on mine and it was an absolute pain in the butt. Once I got it working it was great, but it took a bit.
I'll take some pictures of the A/C once I get the boat; it's still in Kentucky until the 27th, when it'll be transported here to Nashville. The unit's in that space just ahead of the bathroom door; the seller put it in himself, did a beautiful job. He didn't want use the locker space.
What he told me was that he would run the A/C an hour before going to bed, and then shut the generator down. With fans and a windscoop for the hatch, he said it stayed pretty cool.
I do have an autopilot, the Autohelm 4000, as well as a depth sounder and knot gauge; he told me the autopilot compass sometimes seems to lose its direction, but that it works well most of the time.
He also put in a DC refrigeration unit for the ice box, an inverter, a custom table for the helm, and really nice rail trim on the shelves in the cabin. He also built inserts for plates and cups, which keep things secure in the drawers.
Best of all perhaps, he learned to sew and made canvas covers for the teak grab rails, and a cover that covers the companionway all the way to the mast; the teak looks great. The boat also came with a gas grill, bimini, a 155 jib, a 110 jib, and a storm jib. The one thing it doesn't have is a furler, but he demonstrated how he could easily put the jib up in under 3 minutes.
This guy was so anal about this boat; everything was spotless, even the bilge. The survey came out perfect except that it needed a bottom job, which he agreed to pay for. No blisters on the hull at all.
I sound like a proud father--which I am!
Bob