Month: April 2016

Rudderdundancy…

First, the backstory… Ordered emergency rudder from Competition Composites in Canada.  It shipped UPS and we redirected it to the UPS warehouse in north Austin because it required a signature and we wouldn’t be home to sign.  Rudder arrived at the warehouse Monday morning.  Monday evening we spend an hour poking along in rush hour

When the Sun shines down…

We finished installing the solar panels today.  Two 70W panels and two Genasun GV-10 controllers to charge a 110 amp hour Firefly Oasis carbon foam battery.  We only dropped one small, important, non-standard part for one of the clamps in the water, so for a boat project, we can call that a success! According to