NewMoon

Hello Richard. I’m a newish member to the forum and happened to catch your post about the book you wrote on the Inside Passage. The table of contents looked interesting, so I just ordered it from Amazon. I look forward to reading it!

Gini

Hello NewMoon,

Re: Do I need a "Smart" voltage regulator?
Hi RSB,

If you're comfortable with spreadsheets, I built one that was very helpful in figuring out amp-hour usage and thus battery and charging requirements for my smaller boat (house bank 2 x 105AH g31 batteries). The process tends to be iterative, and using a spreadsheet makes the re-calculations easy.

If you'd like a copy, send me your email address, and I'll send it to you along with a description of how to use it.

My name is Willy Gregoir and I’m interested in that excel file as well.
My email address is willygregoir at hotmail dot com

Thanks in advance,

Regards,
Willy

Richard-- I am wanting to go from the San Juan's up the inland passage. What is the longest distance you had to travel on one tank of fuel. I am very much concerned that I will not have enough fuel between stops. Thanks, Kurt.

Richard -- I am looking at a Bounty 257, with a gas engine. Can I get your thoughts on how this boat runs on plane and any other comments on what looks like a great boat?

Thanks

Peter