Author Archives: steve

I have a new fan

Another day of progress. This morning we went ashore to drop off our empty bottles, go to the ACE store to pick up some fuel filters and other small bits, have brunch at NY Finest Bagels, go back to brewery … Continue reading

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Back in Prickly Bay

This morning I spent time researching a good place to buy our second windlass as well as a number of other smaller items we need. Later, we dinghied into town to go shopping for bits and food. Actually we went … Continue reading

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Bow Lockers

After spending an hour or two looking up part references and potential alternates (in readiness of future spares purchasing) I was able to borrow Jim’s jigsaw. This allowed us to get on and do the bow locker project. As mentioned … Continue reading

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Saturday Projects

Project progress : 72V/12V bypass switch The rational for this project is to allow us to make better use of the regeneration on the boat.  We have a switch that engages the DC cross converters that allows us to flow … Continue reading

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Boat work, day 1 of many

Quite a lot accomplished yesterday. Having prioritized my project list (61 items long) and determined what near term progress can be made on the higher priority items it was off measuring, buying, checking, going back to store to exchange items … Continue reading

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