Charging up those battery packs via solar during the day when energy is plentiful so you can use them at night without draining the house battery seems ideal

I saw this in my YouTube feed today. I didn't realize these kinds of battery-powered AC units existed. What a world we live in! Interesting that he (is he on this forum?) runs it inside the boat. I think if I were to do this I would make a way to mount it outside when in use and feed a tube or two i...

BOAT had those aluminum tanks and said he really liked them. He's posted about them on here before. Sadly he's no longer a Mac owner and hasn't been on here for a while. I've been eyeing those for a while, though there is a battery grounding wire you are supposed to attach as well so keep that in mi...

Yesterday morning I discovered that my beached :macm: was sitting with its rear end down in some mud. Could be the reservoir drained quite a bit in the less-than-24-hours it was anchored near the shore, or maybe I was too generous with my anchor scope. Either way, it was a beast to push out. A coupl...

dlandersson wrote: ↑Mon Jul 07, 2025 8:42 am FYI, include a line from the harness to an anchor point for extra safety.

Ha ha, not the kind of pets I had in mind, but same principle I guess

https://i.postimg.cc/jLQ3NpnL/IMG-5605.avif Bear went sailing with me this weekend on my :macm: . I don't take him with me very often - mostly because I worry about him falling out of the boat. He's very attached to me and follows everywhere I go, including walking on the skinny bits of the boat wh...

impressive that the 20 still gets you 11 knots. I assume that's lightly loaded and with empty ballast? I feel like my loaded down with a Suzuki DF60A only gets 13 or 14 knots max - not really that much faster. I'll have to jog my memory this weekend when I'm out

For me it was worth it in case of a water tank leak or other spilled water situation. Nice to be able to suck a bunch of water up if needed. Plus, it doesn't HAVE to remain in there. When I need more space, I can always leave it out. Another multi-purpose option is the ol' Home Depot Bucket Head. It...

..I also have a v20 battery charger permanently mounted on the port side bilge opposite that, connected to an inverter so I can keep that battery topped up especially mid day when I've got more solar coming in than I can use. I keep a drill on board that uses that same battery. I also have a cool li...

Yes, actually I have that same one - almost. I have the Craftsman version rather than the Bauer (Harbor Freight) brand, but I assume it's similar

https://www.craftsman.com/products/cmcv002b

It takes some space but fits just right under my aft dinette seat in my . It's worked well for me

I bought an older version of this fridge/freezer unit two years ago and have loved it! It is wonderful to be able to make ice rather than consume it. Having solar onboard definitely opens up some nice possibilities

Russ wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 5:59 am It was fun trying to bring in that sail. Have a few scars on the boat as a reminder.

What kind of scars? What happened??

While the rest of the country seems to be in a heat wave, I got a little bit of snow during my sail yesterday here in Idaho. In late June! https://i.postimg.cc/z3dzbngp/IMG-5542.png Was a good day though! Lots of shifting winds, but just about tied my sailing speed record on this boat. I believe 6.4...

Now that it's summer, I finally opened the the box containing my new daggerboard. Got it installed and I'm back in business! Figured I'd share a picture of what it looked like in the box. I feel like they did a great job packaging it https://i.postimg.cc/FdgQs9qh/IMG-5455.avif The leading and traili...

For about 2 minutes I considered trying to make my own daggerboard. I had been watching this guy, who is building is own ocean-crossing mini cruiser, and he built some rudders using a method from this website https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMyAuYiKVGI Learning how to build rudders and daggerboards ...