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St Michael's, MD

Sweet little Anchorage. 

Some thoughts about our gear...

The propane motor, Lehr 5hp is weak and a little difficult to start but so far so good.  I am still not convinced that we should change to a 9.9 gas but very close.

The solar (2x100 wat flexible panels) does not seem to do much.  I would get a very good monitoring system that can measure each device that charges and track the usage of the fridge, instruments etc.

The wind generator (Superwind 500 watt) is good but only when it blows 15+ knots so that should be fine in the Caribbean.

AIS (digital yachts) and radar (SIMRAD 3G) on a SIMRAD NX40 chart plotter are awesome

The second cooler/fridge (Novacool) is great but a huge power hog.  We will be buying an Engel 45 fridge soon.

The TV (Samsung 32") is a super power hog but we still watch movies once a week, even at anchor.

The fuel cell (Efoy 210) is ok but it only pushes out 8 amps so it will be great for the ARC but is not as good as a diesel generator.  It is louder than I thought but I am still happy with it as a back-up.  I sounds like water boiling.

SIMRAD system SIMNET has given us a little issues but hopefully we will sort it out.  I would likely not buy SIMRAD again if given a choice.

Atlantic City, Golden Nuggett

A lovely place where the bad assessories from the furniture store ends up.

Hanging out in New Harbor, Block Island,RI

Everyone is relaxing after a day of bike riding and sushi at Oar. This anchorage is awesome. 

Woody at the beach in Nantucket

A beach car!

Cuddyhunk. Great anchorage

Spent a couple of nights at Cuddyhunk. Well worth the the stop with our boat buddy's Black Diamond.