Last sailing season we limped along on our five year old Surette batteries. This year we knew that we would need to spend the money and buy four new golf cart batteries. The new ones are called Trojan so we are hoping that we can get at least four years of power out of them in the tropics. We are our own hydro electric power generating station and you wouldn't get computer blogs if we didn't produce electricty. Needless to say the tropical environment is hard on batteries especially the extreme heat over the summer. The captain had some re-wiring to do after the batteries were installed but we seem to be up and running. No fear of being dead in the water on Celebrian. The four old batteries at 77 pounds a piece had to be rowed to shore and the new ones rowed back....ahh the restful life of cruising?!?
After the captain rowed home with the new batteries he was off to pick up the new post for the wind generator mount along with some Bahamian beer. CJ's welding welded two five foot posts together for us so that the generator can be up 10 feet off the deck. This wind power should help to keep us charged and the new batteries should like those constant amps. There should be some very interesting pictures in our next blog...design and painting.
It is best when the captain tears the boat apart that the admiral goes to shore. There is usually a constant list of things that we need while we are in Marsh Harbour. Once we head to The Exumas there is little to buy so as the captain says "It becomes a come as you are cruise."
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