The other major installation task we needed to finish before untying the lines was our watermaker. In our case, we bought a Schenker Zen50 from CruiseRO. I honestly cannot recommend CruiseRO enough. The owner, Rich Boren, is helpful and responsive, and that can make all the difference when installing a system like this.
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Freezer Installation
This past week we were able to complete the installation of our freezer; though perhaps a more correct description would be the conversion of the (unpowered) icebox to a freezer. The results are so far very good–as I write this the freezer temperature is sitting at -3.4°F.
If you’re interested to see some of the installation details, read on!
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So much boat work… but we’re almost ready
Our one year delay will, thankfully, be only a one year delay. My partner and I are nearly ready to go, and even have a fairly solid date for untying the lines: April 24th. As I write this, we’re living out of a hotel while the boat is hauled out to deal with some under-the-waterline modifications we need to make. Hopefully we’ll be back in the water in about two weeks, and then we’ll have about a month to finish our prep.
But first, let’s back up a little bit and take a look at what we’ve gotten done in the last eight months since I last posted. Not just boat work either; I finished a few knives and am finishing up a few more in the last few weeks until I close my workshop up.
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Life changes plans/Updates on boat systems
It’s been a lot longer than I would have liked since I made a post here. Boat work hasn’t stopped, but as will become obvious from this post, we haven’t untied the lines or started heading up the Inside Passage. Unfortunately my partner has been dealing with a mysterious health issue since the beginning of the year, and we’ve delayed our plans to deal with it.
But, in the mean time, there’s always boat work. The schedule has changed in a lot of ways, but many projects have been completed and we’ve had time to get a feel for our electrical system and solar panels. The short version? The results are extremely promising.
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Solar panels and ethernet
While we finish the Raymarine install–just some final mounting things to get done that have been waiting on materials to arrive–plenty more has been done. More of the Raymarine gear is installed, including the rudder sensor and linear drive, the SeaTalkNG/NMEA2000 network has been running beautifully for weeks now, and I’ve gotten the Signal K server all set up. With the last step, I also added a RuuviTag environmental sensor outside that is linked to the CerboGX over bluetooth, providing temperature, humidity, and pressure data.
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