Lewis, Windstar has a built in Novacool 12v fridge with a small freezer compartment and a Gimballed hillerange 3 burner range. The gimballed stove mostly works great (though its low setting isn't low enough) and it has been used many times in frisky weather. The oven no longer works, parts are NLA and like Edd, I use the space for storing pots, which frees up some cabinet space making the galley stowage space actually adequate. It bugs me that the oven no longer works but it would see little use anyway. More importantly, summers are hot and even boiling a kettle on the propane stove really heats up the cabin. We also keep an electric kettle aboard for use at marinas and have two good quality thermos bottles which we stow in a rack, ready for use whatever the sea state. One thing to consider is the approach my wife and i used years ago on our 22' trailerable. I built a niche for a propane coleman camp stove which was occasionally used in the cabin, but more often in the cockpit or onshore. (including pancake breakfasts on the granite islands of Georgian bay with fresh picked wild blueberries) My father is finishing his latest boatbuilding project - a trailerable bluejacket power cruiser - and is incorporating a slick modern butane stove, as is a friend refitting a tanzer 26. Between the heat, the space, and the mess of a fried up meal, this approach might be worth considering.
Our fridge uses 6a at peak load and 4.5 ish average. After a lot of optimization it works pretty well. When it's hot outside it runs frequently, and uses a lot more power than at more moderate ambient temps. I have considered battery charging options and based on my math, windstar has just enough space on the bimini to install just enough solar panel capacity to just keep the battery charged if just the fridge is running. Your 30 is a bit smaller, so I think you are probably right about an icebox if you intend to be "off the grid" Other amenities that have improved things are calframo fans and better storage access and usage. The little things add up, a lot is detailed here. https://cncwindstar.blogspot.com/ Enjoy. Dave 33-2 windstar https://cncwindstar.blogspot.com/ Forwarded message ---------- From: Andrew Burton <a.burton.sai...@gmail.com> To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com Cc: Bcc: Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 00:19:10 -0400 Subject: Re: Stus-List Amenities I installed a 12v Seafrost system on my 40. It was terrific. And so nice not to be dependent on ice anymore. I liked it so much that I installed the same system on Masquerade, my Baltic 47, though I have a separate freezer, now. We have a microwave here, too, but it would be way down the list if I was fitting out a 30 (great great boat, by the way). I don't think you have room for an oven, do you? If you do, keep it. Nothing like fresh baked scones or blueberry muffins for breakfast. Another upgrade was an electric head, which the Mrs likes a lot. Jabsco quiet flush would be a good choice there. Because out cruising is going to be pretty far and wide in coming years, the next thing to get installed here is a water maker that runs off our 24V house batteries...no, I lie. The next thing to be installed will be an electric main halyard/main sheet winch, which will make our lives much easier, even if it does mean having the halyard tail in the cockpit, which I hate as it gets in the way of lounging. Andy Aboard Masquerade Cuttyhunk Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ +401 965-5260 On Aug 28, 2020, at 14:41, Lewis Cooke via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: Hello all, I Was hoping to get everyone's opinion, I am finishing my 72 C&C 30-1 and I am stuck on what appliances to install. Fridge, propane stove, microwave, one of those coolers thats a fridge/freezer. Obviously the fridge and microwave would be dependent on shore power and we do not spend a lot of time at the dock, so what do most of you have? Regards Lewis S/V For Play C&C 30-1 hull #45 Lorain, OH _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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