My company's the process of developing a line of luxury,
catamaran-hulled, "mini-homes" -- studios, 1-bedroom and 2 bedroom
layouts, from 28' to 50' long -- priced from $125K to $225K. These
floating homes will be Coast Guard registered "vessels," available with
twin outboards and running lights, so (because they qualify as actual
boats) dockable in many marinas. The hulls will be built in Anacortes,
WA -- the buildings in Oregon. They'll be shippable to anywhere in
North/Central America, or Europe by cargo container, and my crew will be
ready to put the whole package together in 3 days at whatever marina is
nearest to the buyer's desired point of receipt.

I've go two questions:

(1)  I'd like to incorporate a substantial number of solar panels in the
roofs -- for solar voltaic power.  Can any of you readers recommend a
person-or-company that's up-to-speed on the latest in solar panel
sales/installation? And does anyone know of a list on the web that might
direct me toward the leading manufacturers?

(2)  I'm also interested in discovering what's the latest in
"green-thinking" when it comes to marine heads. Is there a recent (or
perhaps long-proven) process that would be suitable aboard a small
floating home, and that would treat sewage/black-water to the point
where it's non-polluting and can (eventually), be dumped back into the
sea or lake? Perhaps some sort of "compost" system, or some improvement
on the old "Lectra San" system? Or something entirely new....?

Thank you,

Rod Gibbons, pres
Cruising Cats USA
Seattle - San Francisco Bay - Hawaii

Hi,
I have been looking for catamaran studio-vessel. I thing it is a great idea.
Something like Catfisher was, but longer and
without tall mast.
Can you be kind and send me some info.

Capt.Vasil

-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Gibbons rodgibbons@mindspring.com
To: power-catamaran@lists.samurai.com
Sent: Tue, Feb 9, 2010 2:41 am
Subject: [PCW] Solar voltaic power

My company's the process of developing a line of luxury, catamaran-hulled,
"mini-homes" -- studios, 1-bedroom and 2 bedroom layouts, from 28' to 50' long
-- priced from $125K to $225K. These floating homes will be Coast Guard
registered "vessels," available with twin outboards and running lights, so
(because they qualify as actual boats) dockable in many marinas. The hulls
will be built in Anacortes, WA -- the buildings in Oregon. They'll be
shippable to anywhere in North/Central America, or Europe by cargo container,
and my crew will be ready to put the whole package together in 3 days at
whatever marina is nearest to the buyer's desired point of receipt.

I've go two questions:
(1)  I'd like to incorporate a substantial number of solar panels in the roofs
-- for solar voltaic power.  Can any of you readers recommend a
person-or-company that's up-to-speed on the latest in solar panel
sales/installation? And does anyone know of a list on the web that might
direct me toward the leading manufacturers?

(2)  I'm also interested in discovering what's the latest in "green-thinking"
when it comes to marine heads. Is there a recent (or perhaps long-proven)
process that would be suitable aboard a small floating home, and that would
treat sewage/black-water to the point where it's non-polluting and can
(eventually), be dumped back into the sea or lake? Perhaps some sort of
"compost" system, or some improvement on the old "Lectra San" system? Or
something entirely new....?

Thank you,

Rod Gibbons, pres
Cruising Cats USA
Seattle - San Francisco Bay - Hawaii

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