If you are considering using a ICE generator in adverse conditions, then you should look at a permanently installed DC generator in your boat. Of course, this will be the same volume and weight of a regular diesel drive system in addition to whatever electric drive and battery bank that you are considering.
If you're thinking about long offshore passages under power, a diesel inboard or a gas powered outboard is much simpler, cheaper, lighter and efficient than any electric drive available today.
You need to pick the right tool for the job.
Fair winds,
Eric
1964 Cheoy Lee Bermuda 30 - Serenity
Marina del Rey, CA
--- In electricboats@
> .... A range of 100 to 140 miles - electric only - would enable crossing to the Bahamas during good weather.
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> .... A Honda generator seems to be the path of least resistance for re-charging in isolated areas. Proper grounding, safety, fuel storage AND determining how to operate the generator during terrible weather would HAVE to be part of the basic design...
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> Again thanks,
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> Tom H. Johnson, Jr.
> Pine Mountain, Georgia
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