Short and sweet. Our boat has arrived in the U.S. via New York/New Jersey harbor and has been trucked to Essex, CT, where we will have her commissioned. We also look back on the month of January having moved reasonably through our list of to-do's. In mid February we will go to NY to see our finished boat for the first time, dragging along a load of extremely important boat supplies, aka junk.
We appreciate the comments being made, please keep them coming. As to the question of drag, for us it was the trade off of being able to generate all the energy we need while on passage (which the Duo-Gen will do, unlike its wind mode where output is much less) and a slightly slower passage time. We have, over the years, enjoyed being able to generate energy from alternative sources (solar on our last boat) and have always tried to minimize our engine running time. We think for on passage energy generation the Duo-Gen seems top of heap. So I think there is no right answer only a matter of personal choice and compromise.
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