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Forum: Fountaine Pajot 08-10-2019, 09:01
Replies: 25
General Info: Swim platform
Views: 11,264
Posted By mfortinberry
Re: Swim platform

160kg lifting capacity of the platform seems like it would not hold a very big dinghy. What are the types of tenders (length/weight/motor/console?) that folks have actually used on the Astrea 42 or...
Forum: Atlantic & the Caribbean 30-09-2019, 08:25
Replies: 0
Views: 631
Posted By mfortinberry
La Rochelle to Florida Delivery - Winter....

Looking for advice/guidance on a delivery I need to do Feb/Mar from La Rochelle to Florida. Don't want to wait till the following November to move the new boat to US, and not sure April/May in...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 12-02-2019, 08:55
Replies: 49
Views: 9,604
Posted By mfortinberry
Re: Group purchase of 8D 300ah Lithium batteries

Fascinating where this conversation went.

Clear that this is more logistically challenging than we would like - and the original idea was somewhat of a dream anyway

I can tell this for sure -...
Forum: Lithium Power Systems 09-02-2019, 09:20
Replies: 49
Views: 9,604
Posted By mfortinberry
Group purchase of 8D 300ah Lithium batteries

20' shipping container from China to Miami runs just under $3000. Could ship easily 100 8D 300ah lithium ion batteries in one container.

Batteries run about $850/each plus $50 in...
Forum: Lagoon Catamarans 20-01-2019, 05:56
Replies: 99
General Info: New Lagoon 460
Views: 22,426
Posted By mfortinberry
Re: New Lagoon 460

L46 debuts this weekend at the Düsseldorf boat show. Miami show will be it’s first visit to the US.

We take delivery in November of ours, a 3 cabin version. Living aboard and cruising world...
Forum: Flotsam & Sailing Miscellany 14-01-2019, 10:27
Replies: 168
Views: 18,520
Posted By mfortinberry
Re: Flame thrower aboard??

If I get enough big inverter (or 4), and a boat full of lithium batteries.... I am thinking maybe a laser...

Fully solar powered of course. Hate to have to turn on the engine or genny every time...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 30-12-2018, 06:07
Replies: 35
Views: 4,949
Posted By mfortinberry
Re: Frequecncy converter by GoHz

Great thread with some excellent information.

I am trying to solve the same problem and wondering if anyone has priced/explored the frequency converters built by companies like Zeus and Atlas. ...
Forum: Multihull Sailboats 28-12-2018, 19:00
Replies: 31
Views: 5,486
Posted By mfortinberry
Re: Electric Engines on this Cat...

If you can sail most of the time, electric motors on a cat would be ok. Lithium batteries help a lot... big solar array, two Watt&Sea Pod hydro-generators, OceanVolt with regenerative charging and a...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 28-12-2018, 18:34
Replies: 22
Views: 4,686
Posted By mfortinberry
Re: 50hz appliances used on US 60hz shore power

Great information - slowing forming an electrical strategy here.

Importantly --- very important ---- it is questions/answers like this that reaffirm why this forum is one of the best ways to...
Forum: Electrical: Batteries, Generators & Solar 27-12-2018, 12:04
Replies: 22
Views: 4,686
Posted By mfortinberry
50hz appliances used on US 60hz shore power

Trying to understand the dynamic of how electricity is delivered to a boat's AC devices, when plugged into shore power.

If my inverter is powerful enough to run a given appliance (like a...
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