Hello all! We are new to this forum and recently purchased a new-to-us 2005 Hunter 33. I would like to setup a decent battery configuration for day sailing, with the occasional overnight. Today we have two Interstate SRM-31 deep cycle lead acid house batteries, which offer 98Ah each, but realistic power with parallel configuration is 50%(?) so 98Ah total I assume. I'm hoping the group could answer a couple questions:
- The boat does not appear to have a separate starter battery? Is this common with the Hunter 33?
- I would like a basic solar configuration to help with battery charge while under sail. Unless my math is wrong, I believe I would need 200 watts of solar just to recharge these batteries in ~8hours. Does anyone have a similar configuration they can share details about?
- Lights. We have replaced all bulbs with LEDs. Of course they won't be used during daytime hours.
- Instruments (wind, depth & speed) but we will use Navionics on an iPad as our primary navigation.
- VHF Radio.
- Fans 4x12V in the cabin.
- 12V fridge, but we will likely bring a cooler for day sailing.