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| Scuba1:
In have 100W of solar panels and two 90 amp alternators on my 30 HP diesel and a 2,5 KW petrol gen set that I use when I crank up the welding gear or the lathe. For all on board use I have a 3600 W inverter and 400 A?H hose batteries and a seperate 130 AH for the engine and a 100AH that lives in the bow and powers the bow thruster. Communication wise I only have a bog standard VHF and my mobile phone. Here in the MArina I use the resident WIFI and laptop that runs via the inverte. I have not had any need to plug into shore power so far and run the lot of solar power. When I get close to shore or shipping lanes, I have to run the engine to charge the batterie bank for a couple of hours every 3 days or so as I then use the plotter and radar more often to keep an eye on thoings. I also run it when I need to get a bit of sleep and have a 3 mile safety zone set on the radar that bleeps at me when anything comes into that zone. Other toys on board are a full compliment of Tacktick instruments that give me depth, water temp, gps position wind direction and wind speed, course over ground and boat speed etc. Foruno radar and plotter and a raymarine auto pilot. 300 liter water and the same amount in diesel tankage and a 250 liter waste water tank. All in all a 35 foot floating home and little workshop. Food enough for about 4 month on board and enough fishing gear to have some fresh fish whenever I want it. ATB Michael |
| philf:
Michael, It's good to hear how you are progressing and that you're safe. I'd never heard of Terceira so just had a look where it is - It's an awful long way from anywhere (other than other tiny islands). I don't suppose you have an AIS transponder so we can plot your journey. Hope you get your engine running next week and that your next leg passes without problems. Hope you enjoyed your fish. Have you seen any bigger, life threatening creatures? :beer:. Phil. |
| andyf:
May the wind be with you, Michael. Unless you already have a visa, I hope your passport is machine-readable or biometric! Andy |
| Scuba1:
I have seen a few whales on my way down here Right and pilot whales loads of dolphines as well hooked a few tuna that where to big for one person to eat in a few days so let them go again. I have tried to use some bonito meat as bait to get a shark on the hoow as they are quite nice when dried but no luck so far. The only thing that I am a bit scared of are lost containers that float low in the water and you can't see them at night. Other then that I am happy as a pig in a puddle on the boat. ATB Michael |
| modeng200023:
Perhaps something like a depth sounder but looking forward instead of down would warn you of floating containers. Good luck with the voyage, John |
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