Dumb title but didn’t know what else to call it – as it’s not the last bit of solar I’ll install. As mentioned in the previous post on this topic I’d got hold of a couple 100 watt panels and an… Continue reading
I haven’t updated for a couple of weeks, mainly because Nothing super interesting has happened I’ve been really lazy and haven’t done much Due to a combo of work and other factors, I’ve just been exhausted and unmotivated In fact,… Continue reading
As mentioned in my last post, one of the things I was doing was a cheap increase in battery bank size to tide me over to next year (and lithiums). Originally, I was going to get two 6v golf cart… Continue reading
So after spending at least a year whining that my battery bank is too small, I can’t generate power etc etc I’ve decided to FINALLY do something about it, spurred on by the discovery of $130 6V 220 AH batteries… Continue reading
I still hadn’t tested my autopilot out on a full blown trip, and last weekend my friend Phil (same guy who sailed to Australia, Race to Alaska on a beach cat etc etc) had just bought himself a little 24′… Continue reading
This is pretty much an FYI post, as it took me a while to figure this out. This is NOT the procedure in the manual, but works a ton better! Basically there are TWO places to bleed it, labeled here.… Continue reading
This weekend it was nice out, so I decided to work on the spinnaker pole. It was a second hand one and was a foot or so too long, making it tricky to handle. First I cut it down to… Continue reading
Last thing to do was to wire up the brains of the system, the AC12. First, I installed it on a bulkhead near the breaker panel, safe inside the (hopefully dry) cockpit. Then, I hooked up the wires temporarily to… Continue reading