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Hey Frank, thanks for the response. I'm not judging your post. I'm super risk averse. I didn't follow some of the points you made, can you help me understand? The scene is, boat is anchored in a bay, portable generator is on the swim platform connected to our 30a circuit. We have the A/C and...

Any guesses as to the wattage of the air conditioner? Our onboard generator won’t start and our marina is 3-4 weeks behind on repairs. I want to buy a small portable generator to use and want to get the right size. We’ll be using the A/C and some lights, maybe the battery charger, nothing else.

I stand corrected, my boat has 2 x 2. Thanks for the responses on what the batteries power.

Thanks for the response. Tidal flow is not something I had thought of. I was assuming current always flowing in the same direction on the Potomac and tributaries. I’ll have to see how that works around here.

Battery Layout (I read a number of posts about batteries but didn’t find my answer) 2004 DA with the Mercruiser 350s, and a Koehler generator. From looking at the manual, it looks like the boat has 6 batteries, all group 31. They are arranged in 2 x 2 x 2 layout in the engine room. My...

Excellent responses and thanks for the local ideas!! So sounds like while it’s not “illegal” to anchor in the river, there are plenty of reasons why that isn’t a good idea. I’ve hired a captain to give my wife and I some training. They are going to spend time sharing local knowledge as well.

One of the things we are most looking forward to with our new to us boat is finding a peaceful area and anchoring overnight. Other than using active captain to scope out where to anchor, are there rules of thumb on where one should not anchor? For example, we boat mostly on the Potomac River...

All helpful. Thanks! The bleach in the drinking water probably helps with the COVID also... ;)

Total noob question. Does water that drains from the sinks go to a different tank than water that drains from the vaccuflush system? I need to flush/clean out the fresh water tank on my boat. Should I plan to park by the pump out to do it, or something else. Thanks!

Hi - was that the problem? Were you able to fix it?