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At least I impressed my insurer when I sent them a note to say my Gas Califont, that was inside a cupboard inside the cabin, is now removed and is heating an out door bath on my sisters farm.😁

I’m with Nautical insurance, underwriter is vero. Island Time is Sept 88. So I got the request for “survey”. Read the request carefully. The broker (Nautical) sent the forms with the policy renewal. It’s NOT a real survey, and did not require out of water. It’s a condition report, and can be done by a boat builder, surveyor, (and maybe some others). I got a mate who’s a boat builder to complete it for me. It did NOT ask for a gas cert ( which would be a problem) just that it was in good order and complies with nz regs. Which it did at time of install (but not with current version - that’s ok,

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/508904/70-boats-illegally-anchored-in-bay-of-islands-caulerpa-ban-area-over-summer In the news again....

On our Campervan the specs are 330 Ah Lifepo Battery, 13 V 3KW Inverter 440 W Solar We run a 2100W Plug in Induction plate 800W Kettle 800W Microwave Isotherm 12 V fridge (has a small freezer compartment) Rooftop vent fan runs 24/7 Lighting, stereo etc etc This system barely breaks a sweat and we will be adding a dedicated freezer later. So far the DC to DC charger has never kicked in ie Solar has been sufficient. Caveat, we don't boil a kettle or use the microwave while cooking on the induction hob. We have used the kettle and MW s

Depending on needs you'll probably want to consider a 48v system with 2 - 3kwh of available power. With this you will want a 48v alternator and a 48v inverter probably a 3kw inverter so you're not running it at its limit... Your induction cooktop (assuming dual hob) will easily pull 2.8kw of you're running an oven at the same time as boiling water you could expect to top out a 3kw inverter. At this point you're up around $10k (and that's being really generous). You also need an engine with enough power take off available so you can motor and charge the batteries at 2-3kw, if you don't h

Does beg the question... does anyone have any stats on gas related accidents, explosions or fires on boats in NZ? I do know of one in Port Douglas 25 years back, we heard it at home 4 km away... it was violent, split the nice timber ketch stem to stern and lifted the deck off. No body on board luckily. But how often does it happen?

Welcome to the forum. Agree that Raven is a great starter boat and the next upgrade should be 30-35 foot for the money you're thinking. There have been lots of very similar questions like this asked so you should be able to dredge them up through the search. The repeating themes are: Costs rise exponentially with boat size. Eg If stay below 10.5m you save having to pay for a 12m berth. A 40mm shackle is something like 50% cheaper than a 60mm one. Don't buy a do up. Buy the best boat you can. So smaller will be cheaper and still give you a great coastal boat. I'm Un