A small boat with a genset is simply not set up properly for life at sea. This boat either has too many electrical appliances or not enough solar panels (probably a mixture of both). A well set-up sea gypsy boat does not need a genset – they are noisy, expensive to run and maintain, heavy and environmentally undesirable. In a crowded anchorage they annoy the crap out of everyone and make the owners extremely unpopular. They also rely on having enough fuel around to use them. Sell it and set your boat up with solar power as described in chapter 14 – you may even make a small profit which you
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