We decide to add Soliban Solar panels, the light weight allows us to mount them on the existing Bimini. We installed multiple panels with individual controllers on the advice of Ocean Planet Energy. Really pleased so far, even on overcast days we get s…
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OK, update from St. Lucia.
We left Martinique in less than ideal conditions as we needed to meet our cargo in St. Lucia, we have a shipment arriving from Florida via Tropical Shipping. Took us 4 months to get here from Florida by sea, Tropical, 5 days.Called Tropical this am, ye…
A few days in Anse a L’Anne
Love to be at anchor, this spot is one of our favs here in Martinique. Take the ferry to FDF or take the tender to Anse Mitan.
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Spotted in Martinique. Is this the Kadey Krogen Mega Expedition yacht? Kadey Krogen Expedition 286?
Windwards?
Are they called the Windward’s because it always seems to blow? It sure seems that way, an excerpt from Chris Parker’s morning weather briefing:Brisk ENE-E trades with little day to day change will continue indefinitely due to repetitious RIDGES moving…
Out with the Old, In with the New
The old Batteries get pulled and the new Oasis FireFly batteries get installed. Fingers crossed they work as advertised!168 lbs each, these things are a real pain to handle. We hired a couple of big strong guys to pull these.68 lbs each, we can manage …
Battery Upgrade?
Our house battery bank needs replacing, the battery guys tell us no battery survives very long the way we use our boat and the heavy AC load from the refrigerator does not help. So we are sticking our neck out and trying a newer AGM technology. Nigel C…
Launch Day
Always exciting, we splash today. Carenantilles Boat Yard, Martinique.
Busy Place
Yesterday the area around Sylken Sea got quite empty, by 9 am this morning……thisAnd I thought they were tying to clear a path to launch us………..?Very busy yard, haul, scrape, paint, launch.
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