On Tue, 19 Sep 2017 18:31:58 -0400, "Jim Wilkins"
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"David Lesher" wrote in message
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Larry Jaques writes:


He said "charge the battery", not "battery bank". I was thinking a
simple 80w for LED lights, radio, and laptop. One battery ought to
handle that. BUT, if he had a larger boat, solar panels could be
utilized to replace the sail while the batteries replaced a
significant portion of the ballast. VBG.


It has solar panels now, but with not enough sun, the battery
soon succumbed. Given you can't push-start a sailboat, this
caused a major issue. Especially since we had no car available.

I haven't found anything less than a foot long. Perhaps you could belt
a car alternator to something like these:
https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/sma...ke-engine.html

-jsw

Something like this, perhaps???
http://snyder.on.ca/pages/Old%20Engi...501_engine.htm