Yes - one of these: http://www.wattandsea.com/en/cruising-hydrogenerator
Pretty cool 500W at 8 knots. The boat will do 8 kts in 9 or 10 of wind, so that's a pretty common cruising speed.
Ocean going internet access is a complex area, a short primer:
The global any-time any-where answer is Inmarsat Fleet. This is used by large ships, cruise liners etc. The dishes start at about 1m across and the no commitment data plans cost about 10$ a MB. They work out well for ships who can...
:-) fair point. Having a device which will switch HDMI sources will allow me to add two things, a media player and/or a games console - this boat will be our home for the next few years. The media player will allow the mac to be a dual source for different content in the saloon and cockpit at...
This baby looks like it might work and its 24V DC as well. http://www.gefen.com/gefentv/gtvproduct.jsp?prod_id=9897
Love the sundown audio, but I think that is *slight* over kill for my needs :-)
Will now get on the case with class D amp research. Thanks for the tips.
Thanks guys. I hadn't thought (obviously) of a 5.1 sound card - stuck a bit too much in DVD/Blu Ray land. Speakers inside the cabin will be either something from B&W - CCM362 or CCM818, or Focal. Outside I'll probably go with the Bose 131 marine speakers. The cockpit is pretty large - its a 59'...
Thanks - someone on Cruisers Forum pointed me in the direction of a product from Pioneer the DEQ-P8000 which looks like it might fit the bill, although it might have somewhat proprietary inputs for the Pioneer DVD HUs.
Firstly hello - I'm new here, but been an active member at a bunch of other forums, of cars, boats amongst other things.
I did do a search to see if there is anything yacht related and didn't find anything - though that might reflect poorly on my search skills.
I'm specifying a configuration for...