twistedtree
Guru
It seems like you didnt follow the thread. I DID mention huge battery load, and solar panels, amongst other suggestions. I never said anything about changing hp. And the boat is not unknown, its already been desinged by those clever naval architects in Holland. They make the bold claim they can configure it any way the customer wants, and build it. They do it all the time. They are experts at it. In fact on their site, they do show several other configurations for this 2007.
Are you insulting my reading comprehension?
You theorized it would be possible to put 100, 200, or 300 kwh in the fish hold. Which do you have in mind, and what operational goals would you have for them? A certain cruise speed/duration on electric only? Run house loads for some period of time? What's the goal and required storage to accomplish it?
You did mention solar. What's the operational goal for it? Propulsion? Carry house loads? Cover some portion of the house load? Would it cover the whole upper deck, or would there be walkways or other space allocated? The main deck is all enclosed with no walkaround, so would things like managing fenders be done from the upper deck?
No, you didn't mention any HP change, nor did I. However the propulsion system in the spec sheet is a single engine, diesel electric, with no separate generator. You have said you will have a hybrid system, and I'm wondering what that looks like? There are of course lots of ways to do it, and I'm wondering which you have picked?
I don't doubt that Damen can build most anything. I'm just trying to understand what you would do with this particular base boat. A huge lounge with and easy chair, "hybrid" propulsion, arbitrarily sized batteries and solar with no defined operational objectives doesn't really give us anything to go on. You have said you want to circumnavigate, but haven't said how you would provide redundancy in the marinade of ways typically provided in such a boat. Would the boat have stabilizers? The one you posted does not.