--- In harryproa@..., "jjtctaylor" <jtaylor412@c...>
wrote:
>
> Well,
>
> It starts lighter than 7 tons, when you add all the creature
> comforts my estimation is fully loaded (6) adults full water,
>fuel provisions gets you in the 6-7 ton range.
>Just depends on how
> comfortable do you want to be ?

OK you got it


> Generators, inverters,
one will do
and batterie
as fuel-cells are not ready
and stirling not ready

>conditioning,
good joke

>heating, water,
as we can not live from red wine only YES

>sanitation
with te airhead we need only a small holding tank

> serious aux drives, fuel,
> hot water

NO NO
> favorite plasma TV pretty well bloats out the boat. I am not a
> minimalist ! The antenna stub mast could look like a christmas
> tree covered with ornaments !
BUT a laptop or small PC
for electric maps
GPS,
seamail,
and my digital cam

a radar !!!!

about 200 CD for Music

as there are no birds on the trip....
>
> But the proa could be optimized to use that weight to advantage
> (some advantage) on the windard hull. So it isn't all bad, just
> mostly bad.



you got it



> Buy a plans kit and get started this winter, time is wasting !
> Gives Rob excuse to visit Europe. By the way I will be in
> Germany 10 Nov - 15 Dec for work but get some time off. My
> German is poor, my French very bad. Visited Luxemburg and
> found out how bad it had become.
>
> Regards,
>
> JT