The aft cockpit also accesses the dingy, which may be boarded here, or in the center area of the vessel. The dingy is stored aft hoisted aboard by a fixed, rotating davit. The overhead of the cabins form the support for the twenty solar panels that are used to operate the electric motors and to recharge batteries during sunny weather. An emergency diesel generator is housed in a sound proof enclosure amidships. This may be used to recharge batteries when the situation requires.
Batteries are regularly recharged dockside or by the solar panels.
Cruising range of the boat is about 100 miles on the initial battery charge, without the use of the solar panels. During periods of good weather range is unlimited using the solar panels alone. An ideal situation for cruising the back waters of the very interesting and historic southern states. The home port of this Compromise 47 is on the Gulf of Mexico, along Florida's panhandle, in Apalachicola.