Yea, probably time for a recap of Kalos. We have continued to add minor updates/upgrades to the rigging with the intent to make rigging easier. We can now rig from arriving at the boat ramp to motoring away in 1 hour 15 minutes. Not much longer than our Core Sound 20.3. Board up probably draws less than 30 inches, about 60 inches board down. The antifouling is Coppercoat, the boat normally lives in a marina. The boat sails beautifully, we have had her in 35 kts winds several times with no concerns at all. Initially we had range anxiety with the electric pod drive, but that has all but evaporated. The electric drive is just a small part of the sailing experience on Kalos, we actually don’t think much about it, it maneuvers much more positively than any boat I have ever sailed. Full torque at low speed and instant reverse stops the boat pronto. If we were to build it again, electric pod drive, no question. We have 200 amp/hr Battle Borne for the house batteries, 240 watts solar for the house, the Torqeedo 24-3500 battery and it totally adequate. 350 watts panel to charge the Torqeedo battery, with a interconnect buss if we decide to put all 3 panels to charge the motor battery (never had the need other than testing). We have shore power but have never bothered to plug in. We have about 60 gallons of fresh water, we have a solar water heater, refrigerator and freezer. Longest I have stayed aboard is about 2 weeks and been as comfortable as any other boat we lived aboard.
Long winded answer, but it is a cool boat! We have invited and given talks at several local sailing clubs about both the electric system and the cat ketch rig. Coupla days ago we tacked down a river with a local hot J24 sailor and he really enjoyed short tacking in the channel.