[Public-List] Gimballed stove was electric drive

Thu Jul 9 06:00:16 PDT 2015

Hello again - here's the Corvette Association site...

 http://www.corvettesailboatassociation.com/

In the 'Pictures' section there are a couple taken of an interior looking
forward... You can see the box enclosing the end of the starboard berth
where it intrudes into the hanging locker...

Gord #426 Surprise

On 09/07/15 12:40 AM, "Chip Dance via Public-List"
<public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:

> Apologies to the group for going of topic in my previous post,  I thought I
> was only replying to one of the other posters.  

Kris
My idea (currently only
> in my head,  no measurements or research)  is to modify the hanging locker to
> allow the starboard settee to extend into/under the locker,  keeping the
> locker mostly usable,  and the settee roughly the same sleeping length. The
> settee would appear shorter,  but ideally would still function as a full
> length birth when the occupant is laying down. I've been casually
> watching/searching for gimballed stoves that seem small,  but I haven't even
> measured the width of the locker to get an idea of roughly how small the stove
> would need to be too make this all work. 

Chip Dance 
s/v Natalie
> B 
#456 

Sent using a stone tablet and chisel. 

-------- Original message
> --------
From: Kris Coward <kris at melon.org> 
Date: 07/08/2015  9:14 AM
> (GMT-07:00) 
To: Chip Dance <chipdance01 at gmail.com>, Alberg 30 Public List --
> open to all <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
Subject: Re: [Public-List]
> Electric Drive 

Although I generally consider gimballing on stoves to be a
> Good Idea, I
spent a good year or two trying to figure out where to install an
> oven
on Candy Cane, before settling on the location of the icebox,
> and
building a new fridge around the sink and related plumbing on the
> other
side of the galley. That said, I'd placed a pretty high priority
> on
keeping both of the settees in the saloon usable as bunks (and a
> lower
priority on keeping the wet locker). I can send you pictures if
> you're
interested.

Cheers,
Kris

On Wed, Jul 08, 2015 at 08:00:45AM -0600,
> Chip Dance via Public-List wrote:
> Hello Richard 
> Last night I read through
> your refitting into the blue blog. I'd love to read/see more about your boat,
> the electric engine,  the composting head and more. How it is set up,  your
> decision making process,  how happy you've been with your choices in the years
> since the refit,  etc. 
> 
> We recently purchased #456, with the intention of
> refitting for extended cruising. She came to us with no engine and a
> port-a-potty,  so we will kind of be starting from scratch.  I like the idea
> of the composting head and the electric engine.  I also want to upgrade the
> galley to include a gimballed stove with oven,  a cabin heater,  a shower in
> the head and probably a water maker and water heater. Have you installed or
> considered any of those systems? 
> 
> The only other boat we have owned,  or
> spent any time aboard is a lightweight trailer weekender,  a MacGregor Venture
> 25. We have zero experience with systems found on larger boats like the A30,
> so our refit plans are based purely on dreams and speculation.  We would love
> to hear from someone who has experienced both sides of the coin. 
> 
> Fare
> winds and following seas, 
> Chip Dance 
> s/v Natalie B #456 
> 
> Sent using
> a stone tablet and chisel. 
> 
> 
> -------- Original message --------
> From:
> Richard Mair via Public-List <public-list at lists.alberg30.org> 
> Date:
> 07/07/2015 6:06 PM (GMT-07:00) 
> To: Alberg 30 Public List -- open to all
> <public-list at lists.alberg30.org>, Andrew Johns <johnsab9 at gmail.com> 
>
> Subject: Re: [Public-List] Electric Drive 
> 
> We have an electric drive on
> 609 Into The Blue. We absolutely love it. We
> have the Electric Yacht
> 100ibl.
> This is actually smaller than the recommended system for our
> displacement
> but it works great. On the advice of the electric forum we went
> to a 3
> blade prop.
> Running a 3 blade 13 by 12 we can do 3.3 knots with
> only 16 amp draw at 48
> volt system. 200 amp hours gives us 5 hours run to
> 50% discharge. The
> current draw goes up against current. Now that we are day
> sailing it is
> really nice to be able to start and end trips with no noise
> and vibration.
> The drawback is range if you are in a hurry but we extended
> that with a
> Honda generator when coming up the St.Lawrence in 2013.
>
> Willing to answer any questions you may have. Would never go back to a
>
> diesel.
> On Jul 6, 2015 10:19 AM, "Andrew Johns via Public-List" <
>
> public-list at lists.alberg30.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Everyone,
> >
> > Has anyone
> on the list converted an A30 to electric drive? I'm liking the
> > idea of
> getting the noisy diesel out of the boat.
> >
> > What sort of experiences
> have people had?
> >
> >
> > - Andrew
> >
> > 1965 A30 #104 "Ecola"
> > Lake
> Champlain , VT
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