Tag: yacht
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Yacht Solar System Components List
If you’re thinking about installing a solar system on your boat, check out the solar components we used on our own yacht solar system. Solar Panels Array 450W Renogy Bifacial Solar Panels (3) 450W solar panels = 1,350W total Buy on Amazon Solar Charge Controller Victron Energy SmartSolar MPPT 150/100 Series Voltage: (41.25Voc + 5%)…
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Are Lithium Batteries Safe for Boats?
Given some newsworthy stories, you might be wondering – is putting a lithium battery in a boat a good idea? Although lithium batteries have been known to explode or catch fire, we’ve been traveling around with lithium battery banks in our RV’s for almost a decade with no problems. Not only that, but we’ve put…
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Bottom Paint Prep: Part I
The number one reason we had our boat hauled out was to apply a fresh coat of bottom paint. Boats that are stored in the water typically have a special bottom paint, also referred to as antifouling paint or ablative paint. The bottom paint is applied to the part of the boat’s hull that sits…
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Water Damage on our Yacht
After our longer-than-anticipated maiden voyage, we returned to Tom’s family farm and rested for a few days. We hope to complete all major boat projects in two months, but we have to split our week between the boat yard and our shop in central Florida, two hours away. Luckily we have Ogre to travel, live…
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Zinful’s Final Haul Out
Arriving at the DIY Boat Yard After our ~200 nm journey to get our new boat a final haul out, followed by 12 days of anchoring and waiting nearby, we finally got the call to come to the boat yard. Just as we arrived to the boat yard and marina entrance and were about to…
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Days 5-16 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
What we thought would be our last night on our final voyage with Zinful, turned out to be only night 7 out of 18!!! Wow, we had not seen that coming and we were unprepared for such a long stay. We had made arrangements with a DIY boat yard in Fort Pierce to be hauled…
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Day 4 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
Our fourth (and final day!) moving Zinful was our longest day at 50.7 nm, but also our shortest day at 6.5 hours of travel time. Today was wonderful cruising, and without the bridges and hustle of large cities. Almost at the very end of this ~200 nm journey, we encountered boat problems – Tom lost…
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Day 3 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
Our third day moving Zinful was a long, slow day. We cruised under a plethora of ICW bridges – bridge after bridge, only some of which we could fit under while the bridges were closed. For the closed bridges that we couldn’t fit under, we had to time our arrival with the scheduled bridge opening…
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Day 2 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
Our second day moving Zinful was spent on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (AIWW). The AIWW is a network of waterways, some natural and some man-made, that stretches over 1,100 miles from Key West, FL to Norfolk, VA. We’ll get to travel every mile during our Loop! We left Key Largo and continued our journey north,…
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Day 1 | Final Voyage of M/Y Zinful
We bought a boat and we’re finally ready to set off on our maiden voyage! Zinful was located in Key Largo, FL and we needed to move her to a DIY boat yard in Fort Pierce, FL to spend a little time getting her Loop-ready. That’s about 200 miles for our first journey on the…