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Brave or stupid ? What I could get is that he is a young fool looking for "freedom" where there is none to be found. The boat isn't even interesting anyway, it'

• KaiserPro 11mo ago
  > cheap refurbished ICE would have been just fine. I mean an outboard would do, but then you are limited by range, also its noisy as hell. Sure you _could_ install an inboard second hand cummings with 10k hours. but thats not cheap or easy. So you're left with outboard motors. They are cheap and don't vibrate the entire boat, but they are still noisy. Plus they aren't actually that much cheaper to buy than electric. but then there is the running cost, it'll be (at uk prices) about £3.50 an hour to run on diesel, vs £0 on solar. Plus all the extra space for not having to install fuel tanks. my issue is more that the hull is untested and doesn't look all that strong.
  • seec 11mo ago
    Sure, if you plan on running the boat as a way to make money the total running cost would make sense, but it's just a leisure boat so the financial aspect isn't really good to start with. It's just a way to have fun while burning money. But yes the bigger problem is the hull, that clearly isn't ready for difficult situations and this is why I said that. If you just want to have fun it's not really worth it to spend all that money for mediocre capacity when you could have gotten a decent experience for much less. I really don't get it, a sail boat makes much more sense if you just want to have fun without relying too much on a noisy motor.