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• I have to get cruising somewhere, sailing is killing my batteries!
  • You need a Honda generator, Tom.
    • This guy turned on his Honda and went ashore with their dog.
      • All things considered, I'd rather listen to the hum of a generator, than a barking dog... (grin)
        • A dinghy line is easily and quietly cut, too; not that I'd...
      • Do you think he was clueless, or arrogant as to the annoyance he caused people around him?
        • Oblivious. There were only two sailboats in the anchorage.
          • We were next to a nice powerboat from Gloucester in Pulpit.
        • We just got back from .....
          • C'mon, a trawler named ODYSSEY? You really expect us to believe that...?
          • That's really sad to hear. Guess we'll have to ...
          • Wow! My mooring pick-up was ground right up a couple weekends ago.
          • When I have a noisy generator near me, I
    • Honda - hell, get one from Harbor Freight
      • I have one of those!
        • Thank you for not using it.
          • I have a 45 watt panel mounted on the pushpit
            • I take it, you're still on ice?
              • Yes but thinking seriously of adding refrigeration
                • Have you done work to your icebox?
                  • I rebuilt the icebox several years ago
                    • I love leaving the fridge running all week ...
                • Think about.....
                • That's a slippery slope, Paul
                  • That's one expensive beer.
                    • Yup! Priceless
                      • Nice photos. You're getting a "multi nuance" sort of feel going there.
                        • The sunset is the same
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  • Buy a solar panel
    • I should. Maybe this winter I'll figure out how to make one work on my boat.
      • Hateful things those Honda generators....
  • Well, if you'd turn off your damn chartplotter/autopilot interface once in awhile... (grin)
    • I'm new gen. Jon. Those schooners were held with the anchors you see outside restaurants down your way.
      • A 20 watt panel...
        • Our old UniSolar tops us off during the week.
  • Small solar panels
    • That's about what I need. Stowed in a locker, with a plug in the cockpit, nothing to do but plug it in, on the mooring.
      • The other thing you need
        • I've since installed the brighter bulb that came with it.
          • You can get an LED replacement for the Davis