Author Archives: Bill Kinney

We have done all we can do at the Lauderdale Marine Center, and it is time to head out closer to the ocean.  Kevan is with us as crew for a bit, and he brought along his video camera.  Strapped … Continue reading →

Some businesses are reliable and understand good communication with their customers, and some don’t.  It might not surprise you that the last bits of material we are waiting for are from those who just don’t get it.  As an example, … Continue reading →

Well, actually, we are waiting for delivery of just two boxes!  Tomorrow, we are supposed to get a part we need for a brace for our solar arch.  And then some pieces from France for the watermaker.  The arch is … Continue reading →

Back in the water again.  All the underwater work is now for sure done, since the boat has been launched.  All the major things are working just fine. Everything left to do is not critical for our departure, but would … Continue reading →

The wiring of the solar panels is done, and they are making power!  Happy day!  The controller from Victron is a small blue box with just a light or two one the front, but it talks to a program that … Continue reading →

More and more projects get checked off the list.  The big one for the last few days is the installation of the arch that will support our new solar panels.  That was completed yesterday.  Today’s work was to fabricate the … Continue reading →

It’s a standing joke between sailors that each individual boat comes in a variety of sizes.  It is a little known fact that a boat actually changes size depending on the situation. From smallest to the largest: A boat is … Continue reading →

One of the things that have to be true in the world, is you have to take things apart before you can put them together!  Or, as my thermodynamics  professor might have said, entropy has to increase before the system’s … Continue reading →

  There we go!  Harmonie dripping wet!  Out of the water, and waiting to be powerwashed.  By the end of the afternoon the yard crew has already gotten the bottom sanded and the first coat of paint on. They are … Continue reading →