Around 11am yesterday the circuit breakers were flipped and we immediately started putting 30A-35A into the house batteries. This was with a slightly hazy sky and the sun not quite at it\u2019s zenith. Not bad we all thought. Tom, who had been helping out, was there for the switch on. Now we have to learn how to manage our energy ins and outs figuring in this free feed each day. With a fridge and a freezer to run we don\u2019t think we\u2019ll be independent but we\u2019ll certainly be cutting down the genset hours. We need to organize ourselves around an \u2018all at once\u2019 lifestyle so when the genset goes on we\u2019ll be washing, cleaning, charging, etc. all at once.<\/p>\n

Today is going to be clean up in readiness for my parents arrival this afternoon. The waters are dead calm so we\u2019ll be dinghying them from the airport directly to the boat. That\u2019ll be fun for them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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