I know, Brad, but the fridge turns daysailing into a bit more comfortable longer term cruising. For stays out among the canebrakes and mangroves of a couple of weeks, I need cold H2O and beer, and good food. If I were a bit younger, perhaps the speed and “ease” would be more important, but creek and bayou and sandbar crawling is the cruising of my choice on this boat, so I’m going to see how I like it. I want to ditch the Tohatsu, and about half the gas, which is half the weight in your list. Thanks for your comments. Will
On Mar 7, 2017, at 12:47 PM, brad kurlancheek <bkurlancheek@gmail.com> wrote:
You could just dish the fridge, generator, gas motor, and generator. Here'd be your weight savings:
Honda generator 29 lbs
Tohatsu (empty) 55 lbs
Dometic Fridge (empty) 44 lbs
Noco Genius Charger 8 lbs
10 gallons fuel 60 lbs
Total Weight 196 lbs
An empty M17 is 1600 lbs - so you're adding over 12 % additional weight with this stuff.
You could just go with a minnkota 30 (25 lbs), and a 100 AH battery (25 lbs). A solar panel would be another 5 lbs.
The boat would sail easier, meaning less need for the engine.
Just a thought.