Boat
Installing
We are installing things, sort of. We want to reposition things so we are making mock ups to see how or if they will fit. We are moving the water heater from under our bed out to the cockpit locker, the generator will go right behind it. Both of these will go up through the engine/fuel … Continue reading
New Engine
We ordered a new engine, a Beta Marine 60. The BM 60 is a Kubota based engine and ours will have a Velvet Drive 71C transmission. This is what it will look like: Beta 60 (BV2403) We’ll take pictures when we receive and install it.
Batteries
In your home you just flick a switch and power from the local power grid activates whatever you need, we don’t have that luxury. Our power, which we need to run almost everything on the boat, will come from batteries. We want lots of power, or storage, to run our things so we bought HUGE … Continue reading
Fuel Tank Out
We’ve been busy, we are still tearing things out. Actually were in transition mode, we’re at a point where we are tearing things out and installing/building things at the same time. We can’t wait to be done breaking things but every time we touch something we find two other things that need to be fixed… … Continue reading
Refrigeration
Another project of ours is to upgrade the refrigeration. We have a ten cubic foot ice box that we are going to divide into two sections, one freezer and the other will be a fridge. First we will add insulation and then we will install a new refrigeration system. The box is odd shaped to … Continue reading