Talador,

   The main thing about the dive compressor is that it would save your back.  They are loud though, I don’t think running it at cocktail hour would make you many friends.  The electric ones aren’t really ready for prime time yet on small boats, but I have seen them on the bigger eighty footers and above.  We have a 32 foot monohull we run with a bareboat company in St Martin, and we have land in St Thomas that we are building a small house on. Between the two we probably spend 2-3 months a year down there.  I also have a 34 foot cat project in my barn, lord knows when I’ll start on that one much less finish it.  So far the concept is a biplane soft winged junk rig, but with everything developing as I procrastinate who knows what it will eventually look like. I am hoping that batteries get a lot better, cheaper, and lighter.  I think most of my troubles while cruising can be traced back to the diesel or the outboard in the dinghy, it would be nice to go all electric.

Jerry Barth

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