Kitchen appliances
Hi,
Kitchen appliances are power mongers...I'd stay away from them for many reasons:
1- Electricity is a limited resource
2- 110V 60 cycles is a mostly north-american thing: not available in the Antilles
3- A Gen-set or other fuel-powered source of electricity is heavy, space hungry and noisy.
4- All appliances can be easily replaced by stove-top.
Having spent time in Europe, the Azores, the Canaries, the Antilles and the Bahamas and Bermuda all I converted to 240V 50 cycles were the battery charger and the water-heater element. When on the hook a 700W inverter to 120V 60 cycles was more than sufficient. My 4 golf carts coupled to solar panels were all it took.
When cruising I had a manual coffee grinder, a stove-top espresso-cappuccino maker. If we made toast we usually made it on the propane BBQ. We didn't have a microwave and still don't. We also don't have a TV set on board. We have a notebook computer and a printer with 12V adapters. We use Ham radio and winlink email which we used when crossing the pond.
Water never seemed to be a problem with a good management plan: we had 400 liters in the tanks and bottled drinking water. On our present boat we have 300 liters and buy bottled drinking water.
Have a good liveaboard and Bahamas trip.
Pierre in the snow and cold... the ice bridges are open and safe!