Buy the boat, tour Europe then when you import the boat, it will be a used boat.
That's how it used to be with cars bought over seas.
CitroenThere was a stylish French car that used to do that too. I cant spell the name correctly something like Citeron
What about the electrical? Wouldn’t that have to be converted to US?
What about the electrical? Wouldn’t that have to be converted to US?
What about the electrical? Wouldn’t that have to be converted to US?
This attachment has a little more info including owner's comments about the origins.
That is an attractive and interesting boat.
Good info, klee. The Occam's razor solution.
"Groupe PSA is a French multinational manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles sold under the Peugeot, Citroën, DS, Opel and Vauxhall brands. Peugeot is the largest PSA brand worldwide, while Opel is the largest PSA brand in Europe".Citroen
Dude,
There are a number of ways to deal with electrical conversion and a number of things to consider. I chose not to convert the 'boat' but instead to only convert the charging system.
If you convert the boat from 50hz, 220v then many things are triggered. Wire size essentially needs to double its current carrying capacity in all AC circuits because as you drop to 110v you need to send twice the current to supply the same energy. I did not want to rewire the boat.
Some appliances can run over a range of voltage, especially small ones, but many larger appliances will need to be ripped out and replaced. I did not want to replace the refrigerators, freezers, microwave, washer, dryer etc. The boat came with good ones.
So...I chose to run the boat as Euro and just needed to make the charging system recognize US AC and convert it to DC which the existing large inverter then converted back to Euro AC to keep running the boat as it was. This also meant absolutely no change to either of the generators which was really nice. I did put in a new AC panel as the original was just too complicated for me to understand especially given the translations.
This just involved installing a nice Victron Energy charger that looks at incoming power and converts what it sees to charge the large house bank. This charger can run from the US shore power plug that I now use or a Euro plug which I also have so that this boat can plug in virtually anywhere in the world and run just fine.
The (small in my view) down side is that as I need to replace the larger appliances, I will need to source those that run on 50 hz 220v. Amazon makes that pretty easy and the cost is comparable and they are quite efficient. Lag time probably a little longer.
I was not all that sure how I would like this but two years in and I like it just fine. I can recommend this approach without reservation at this point.
Dude,
There are a number of ways to deal with electrical conversion and a number of things to consider. I chose not to convert the 'boat' but instead to only convert the charging system.
If you convert the boat from 50hz, 220v then many things are triggered. Wire size essentially needs to double its current carrying capacity in all AC circuits because as you drop to 110v you need to send twice the current to supply the same energy. I did not want to rewire the boat.
Some appliances can run over a range of voltage, especially small ones, but many larger appliances will need to be ripped out and replaced. I did not want to replace the refrigerators, freezers, microwave, washer, dryer etc. The boat came with good ones.
So...I chose to run the boat as Euro and just needed to make the charging system recognize US AC and convert it to DC which the existing large inverter then converted back to Euro AC to keep running the boat as it was. This also meant absolutely no change to either of the generators which was really nice. I did put in a new AC panel as the original was just too complicated for me to understand especially given the translations.
This just involved installing a nice Victron Energy charger that looks at incoming power and converts what it sees to charge the large house bank. This charger can run from the US shore power plug that I now use or a Euro plug which I also have so that this boat can plug in virtually anywhere in the world and run just fine.
The (small in my view) down side is that as I need to replace the larger appliances, I will need to source those that run on 50 hz 220v. Amazon makes that pretty easy and the cost is comparable and they are quite efficient. Lag time probably a little longer.
I was not all that sure how I would like this but two years in and I like it just fine. I can recommend this approach without reservation at this point.
Ssobol - Georator goes to some pains to warn prospective customers that their equipment isn't cheap. Any idea what a 6kw setup might cost? Then there's common shaft, v drive ........
Any idea as to losses in the 50-60 cycle conversion? The USN drilled into my head the efficiency of submarine AC-DC MG sets, can't remember exactly, but the losses seemed significant.
Interesting ideas here.
Here's a 122 year old boat that has been loved like no other.
https://yachthub.com/list/boats-for-sale/used/power-boats/steam-yacht-preana/220291
1950s oil field support boat converted to liveaboard.
Found this most beautiful boat ever on FB posted by a man from Australia. Not everyone will agree but I post as there are some that will need to see this as I have.
Found this most beautiful boat ever on FB posted by a man from Australia. Not everyone will agree but I post as there are some that will need to see this as I have.
1950s oil field support boat converted to liveaboard. The owner has a family member that owns a small shipyard - bottom, electrical, engines have all been redone. Powered by a pair of 4-53s.
The owner has done all of the interior fitting out and renovation as well asthe topside paint on his own.
The boat spends a couple of months a year anchored in the Biloxi Marsh as a duck hunting and fishing mother ship, the rest of the time as shown.