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Thanks. You make a good point that there is a replacement cost for the batteries that also needs to be considered. As for alternative (cleaner) diesel, I am familiar with "biodiesel" as a concept. But looking at airplane fuel is new to me. I think I will need to learn more about that. Thank...

Thank you. This makes sense to me. I appreciate the detailed response.

I think that gets at the heart of my question, yes. Thank you for confirming that.

Thank you. That is new information to me, I was operating under the assumption that alternators are pretty much a constant load on the system. If these electric drives do offer variable resistance with a very low overhead, that would be interesting indeed.

In an ideal situation, absolutely. But the they are not direct substitutes. Switching to electric is not an option if you want/need to cruise over 5-ish knots, for example. To me, that means there may be quite a bit of engine time that a typical cruiser would *want* to be on diesel to take...

I just had a chance to see a Greenline 39 at the Seattle Boat show and found it fascinating. There is a lot to like about it and I was surprised to see how many Greenline boats have been built across the whole product line. If I understand correctly, when running on diesel, the diesel engine...

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Thanks for all of the advice. Chartering is definitely on our our radar at this point. I found several places in the region with lots of good options. A charter with additional instruction sounds like a really good idea to me!

Thanks everyone, I did sign up for Trawler Fest and am set to go on that. My first boating class starts next week. I got the Waggoner's Cruising Guide and have been losing sleep reading that. I appreciate all of the advice and friendly welcomes. Stripper, nice to see that you are enjoying your...

I am open to looking into Yacht Clubs, but that is new territory for me. I hadn't really considered that before. I'll have to look around online and see what I can see. That seems like an entire adventure unto itself, so I'll have to start thinking more about that.

I've been reading through the Waggoner's Cruising Guide and I must say thanks to all who suggested it! I am learning quite a bit from it and it's keeping me up when I should be sleeping the past couple of nights.

Thanks for the tip. I have been browsing my options on that front. I found a Helmsman 38E on charter and that is something that interests me. I also discovered that the Waggoner's Cruising Guide had some information on several charters. I like that I can charter, but also that there are group...

Just to follow-up, I purchased the "Waggoner's Cruising Guide" today. Looking forward to reading it. Thanks for the tip. I also signed up for Trawlerfest in Seattle. Tickets and hotel booked. I'm pretty excited about that.

The Firestick is designed to _stream_ movies to any TV with an HDMI connection. It is not intended to enable you to download videos so you can watch them offline, which I think is what you are looking for. The Firestick has _both_ an HDMI and a USB connector. The HDMI connector feeds video to...

I just finished reading all of your blog. Thanks for the link, it was a great read. I especially liked your renaming ceremony and your itemized "list of wants." If you don't mind me asking, now that you have had the boat for a year, has your list of wants changed in any way? Have you found your...