Speaking of the roof, what about rain catching? I guess surface bonding a molding on post infusion would suffice, but designing ahead and including in the infusion would be more elegant.

On Nov 2, 2015 2:27 AM, "Arto Hakkarainen ahakkara@yahoo.com [harryproa]" <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:

 

In a harryproa you can cover the whole salon roof with solar panels. With rig out of the way they are much more effective and there is much more of solar panels than on other boats that you may not need generator if you use lithium batteries.

Propane, water, water maker etc. I can easily find places.

Arto
 

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From: "gardner@networknow.org [harryproa]" <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au>
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
Sent: Sunday, November 1, 2015 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re:: Even crazier than usual

 

This highlights some I have not seen in the Harry designs, even the one nominally suitable for cruising: where do all the mechanicals go?

For cruising nowadays, I would expect a couple of 4d batteries, a generator, refrigeration, water maker, 20 gals of water storage, inverter, solar panels and controller, electrical panel, etc. most of this is heavy so I would expect it low and centered in the ww hull. It would be great if the rendering included a sample layout for these

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On Oct 31, 2015, at 4:09 PM, Jerry Barth shredderf16@sbcglobal.net [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:

 

Great article!  As someone who spends 3 weeks/year living on 5 gallons/day it makes me very envious!  One thing I thought of is that he spent a lot of time/dollars upgrading electric power.  He mentions that some were using portable gensets to get around this but they were noisy.  I’ve seen a lot of the Honda 2000 and 3000 watt portable generators in action and they were virtually noiseless.  I wonder If anyone has tried using one of those instead.  He has a great point about the pumps, unless you are full time and away for years at time the home depot approach makes a great deal of sense to me.

Jerry Barth

 

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From: Rob Denney harryproa@gmail.com [harryproa]
Sent: Friday, October 30, 2015 10:55 PM
To: harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au
Subject: Re: [harryproa] Re:: Even crazier than usual

 

 

 

Check out http://www.albin25.eu/our-a25ak-dido/34-dido-stories/60-didos-watermaker

 

On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 1:26 PM, Gardner Pomper gardner@networknow.org [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:

 

Well, I was thinking that you may not have to pump it. You could just haul the tube up the mast with a halyard. 

 

I have never had a water maker, but all that I read about them makes them sound like a lot of maintenance and a lot of money. I would love a simpler way to produce fresh water. I just  thought that maybe this hadn't been developed because it would only apply to sailboats.

 

On Friday, October 30, 2015, taladorwood@yahoo.com.au [harryproa] <harryproa@yahoogroups.com.au> wrote:

 

Sure a vacuum will work to boil water and then the salt free condensate can be collected.

 

The question is whether pumping the water 60 feet in the air is more efficient than pumping the water through a filter (reverse osmosis).  My money is on pumping the water through a filter is more energy efficient.

 

There are lots of ways of getting fresh water.

 

Talador

 

 

 

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