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Sea anchors are the way to go. I had one and used it once close to Bermuda. Passed through the strong winds and waves (waves are main danger) with no issues while many boats around me (mainly monohulls) dismasted or had severe injuries on board. One even sank (5 on board never found)
None of you mentioned Lightning and the consequences. As a lifelong sailor and insurance agent we see a lot of that especially in Asia. What is Balance offering/mounting to protect their boats?
I have lithium batteries on my boat -15.5kWh of storage and dealing with that if it catches fire consumes much of my thought. My batteries are in the stub keel sump and I have 1500 litres of fresh water directly above them in two tanks, one each side. My current plan involves dumping the entire contents of the tank into the battery sump, submerging them in enough water to bring the temperature down below ignition point.
Why is there a missed market for catamarans? There’s plenty of liveaboard catamaran condos on the open waters, full of opulence and whatever anyone is willing go pay for. A cross between the hopyacht30 and the silent cats at 40-60’ seems like a missed market for a coastal and inland river cruiser using electric propulsion, shading solar panels, 2 berths, river friendly beam, airheight and draft. Hopyacht does an interesting job adding a mast that could fold down for under bridge concerns or put up once exiting rivers. All of the smaller cats want the 20’ beam that makes river/canal travel impractical. I’m sure a 4m beam is doable.
Thank you gentlemen, this series of videos has been very informative and enlightening for me.
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Great series - learned a lot. Thank you all.
Very nice series, Thanks Balance!
Nice Hobie surfboard you have. Great series!
Sea anchors are the way to go. I had one and used it once close to Bermuda. Passed through the strong winds and waves (waves are main danger) with no issues while many boats around me (mainly monohulls) dismasted or had severe injuries on board. One even sank (5 on board never found)
None of you mentioned Lightning and the consequences. As a lifelong sailor and insurance agent we see a lot of that especially in Asia. What is Balance offering/mounting to protect their boats?
I have lithium batteries on my boat -15.5kWh of storage and dealing with that if it catches fire consumes much of my thought. My batteries are in the stub keel sump and I have 1500 litres of fresh water directly above them in two tanks, one each side. My current plan involves dumping the entire contents of the tank into the battery sump, submerging them in enough water to bring the temperature down below ignition point.
Why is there a missed market for catamarans? There’s plenty of liveaboard catamaran condos on the open waters, full of opulence and whatever anyone is willing go pay for. A cross between the hopyacht30 and the silent cats at 40-60’ seems like a missed market for a coastal and inland river cruiser using electric propulsion, shading solar panels, 2 berths, river friendly beam, airheight and draft. Hopyacht does an interesting job adding a mast that could fold down for under bridge concerns or put up once exiting rivers. All of the smaller cats want the 20’ beam that makes river/canal travel impractical. I’m sure a 4m beam is doable.