>>1937094I agree wholeheartedly with this.
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>>1929347 and my mono had an inboard engine. Nothing but issues with it from the start (seizing through-hulls, clogged water intakes, shit in the diesel tank) and even though they were things I could handle myself with some googling, it was a big time sink and doing work to it always felt a bit uneasy since I was messing with something that ultimately was connected to three holes in the hull of the boat.
I was actually planning to either install an electric inboard and glass two of three holes or rip it all out, glass all the holes and put an outboard on it.
My criteria for my new boat was that it should have an outboard. It's all so much easier when you can just lift the engine off and get it in a nice working position. My other reasoning was that if I brick the thing and it's completely fucked, it's like $1k for a nice new one and literally 10 mins of work to remove the old one and install the new one whereas repowering an inboard engined boat is a lot more expensive and time-consuming.
My rigging is fine so far but I'll definitely be going for DIY dyneema when it's time to replace it. On my monohull I replaced the backstay adjuster with a dyneema purchase that I spliced myself which worked great.
On my trimaran I have relocated the battery and replaced the wire from it to the breaker panel. I have also wired in a solar panel with a controller and added a USB charging socket in the cockpit. No prior experience but it was very straightforward just looking at guides online. A tip is to check for campervan conversion guides as many of them had a lot of in-depth information. There are some differences of course, I used tinned wire since it's for a marine environment but the basics seem to be the same.
I agree on sails, new ones can be a daunting expense but most old dacron sails can be made to last for a very long time as long as they are kept out of the sun when moored or anchored.
