Roger Long
Senior Member
We have signed a sales contract on a Krogen Manatee and are headed for the survey on Thursday and are quite optimistic about becoming trawler owners. When the deal closes, I'll be back to introduce us.
The boat was a mostly stationary liveaboard for 10 years and is equipped with a standard household refrigerator / freezer which means that it is dependent on shore power or constantly running the Honda air cooled generator that was installed on deck. We are going to need to make some big changes since we are cruisers who anchor out most of the time.
We need to come up with alternative cold storage that can be quickly installed so we can get the boat home and would appreciate experience based thoughts on what would best go in that space.
I'm thinking about two 12 Volt self contained camper coolers, one over the other with one set up as a freezer and the other a fridge.
What about a propane / 12 volt unit? I'm concerned that anything with a front opening door is going to be very inefficient due to the cold air spilling out whenever it is opened.
Eventually, this boat will have a big house bank, solar, and maybe a proper generator. Meanwhile, what would you do?
The boat was a mostly stationary liveaboard for 10 years and is equipped with a standard household refrigerator / freezer which means that it is dependent on shore power or constantly running the Honda air cooled generator that was installed on deck. We are going to need to make some big changes since we are cruisers who anchor out most of the time.
We need to come up with alternative cold storage that can be quickly installed so we can get the boat home and would appreciate experience based thoughts on what would best go in that space.
I'm thinking about two 12 Volt self contained camper coolers, one over the other with one set up as a freezer and the other a fridge.
What about a propane / 12 volt unit? I'm concerned that anything with a front opening door is going to be very inefficient due to the cold air spilling out whenever it is opened.
Eventually, this boat will have a big house bank, solar, and maybe a proper generator. Meanwhile, what would you do?