R27 OB Roof Rail Distance

[Brian 27 OB]

My boat is in Punta Gorda at the moment and I am in Northern Virginia, otherwise I wouldn't ask a trivial question like this. But if anyone in the next week is on a 27OB and you happen to have a tape measure, can you give me a ballpark center to center of the two roof rails that support the solar panel? I was guessing around 48" but I can't find my previous notes where I actually measured them. Sorry to be a pest; any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[Submariner]

42" between the forward and aft roof rack rails.

 

[Brian 27 OB]

Thank you very much Martin!

 

[Submariner]

Thank you very much Martin!

You're welcome!

If you're going with the same 200 watt solar panel I bought (The panels are 56.9" long), I drilled a hole in the solar panel at 5 and 9/16" from the front. 9 and 5/8" from the back. That's where I installed the Gemini brackets.

 

[Brian 27 OB]

Thank you very much Martin!

You're welcome!

If you're going with the same 200 watt solar panel I bought (The panels are 56.9" long), I drilled a hole in the solar panel at 5 and 9/16" from the front. 9 and 5/8" from the back. That's where I installed the Gemini brackets.

Sadly, the solar is not expanding. I am having a stainless rack built for up top to toss the Zodiac (deflated & bagged) into when it is onboard. The stock solar panel will get junked and replaced offset to the starboard side with the 140 watt Sunpower panel that is 27"x42" which puts out about the same power I get with the current 160 watt stock panel (50 amps a day) but it has a smaller footprint. We have decided the 700 amp lithium bank is plenty big for overnights and non air-conditioned adventures on the hook for several days. While cruising with the AC running, the lithiums last all day unless the SeaKeeper is working really hard, but even if I had 500 watts of solar it would add maybe 250 amps to the total available for the day, which is a nice buffer, but not enough to give me another day or even extend for a night on the hook. I am basically required to charge every evening for 8 -10 hours if its hot out. Which totally works for how we have been boating recently. But I am 50/50 right now about our next boat having a gen set again. I sort of miss it, but not the noise at all. Honestly if the wife says we are keeping this one for longer than another season I may have one put in it. haha