Days of hard work...

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As you know, our solar panels do not provide enough energy for our boat (our fridge is consuming so much, we've isolated it yesterday!!), so we bought a wind turbine to increase our production. Sam installed it with a recycled mast and chandeliers, which saved us a bunch of money while looking pretty damn good!


Of course, the wind vanished once it was installed!! Murphy’s law. Then, Sam realized that one of our panels had a dysfunctional diode. He ordered some new ones, but until we receive everything that is needed to fix it, we shut down the fridge and bought some ice to let our batteries recharge with the little we have. I gotta say that I miss our freezer!!

The good need is: Sam has been helping at the Annapolis boat show!! Yeah!


While Sam was away, the kids and I did our own work on the boat. Our new friends, Norm and Chris, who once lived on a boat with three kids for a year, brought us a huge bunch of cooked crabs to pick. We cracked crabs for over an hour all together and managed to get enough for a delicious crab loaf for dinner. Thanks!!!


What's next? After the boat show on October 14th, we'll start our descent to the South! Still have to do a little paint job, and maybe buy a third solar panel, but we'll see when and where that will be done...


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