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RE: Off Grid On a budget - Nemesis - 29 April 2016
RE: Off Grid On a budget - NorthernRaider - 29 April 2016
Rather nice looking vessel, you got a bargain.
RE: Off Grid On a budget - NorthernRaider - 29 April 2016
May I enquire that in a worst case scenario would you consider crossing the channel in it (on a fairly calm day)?, I've seen footage of a battened down canal boat crossing the English channel so would you actuallu consider a similar trip or say coast hopping port to port to say get to the Western Isles ??
RE: Off Grid On a budget - SecretPrepper - 29 April 2016
It looks great. Look forward to the next update
RE: Off Grid On a budget - Nemesis - 29 April 2016
I also have read about canal boats making the crossing and yes this boat "should" be OK on a fine day and scary as hell on a rough one, if I compare this boat to my other one its got way more power but I do not have an understanding of sea current and that means until I do research I cannot really answer your question NR.
On a side note this boat has tools on board that tells me it was used in the sea more than on a canal, and the lack of canal tools again tells me this boat must have spent most of its life in the sea.
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RE: Off Grid On a budget - Nemesis - 29 April 2016
(29 April 2016, 10:44)SecretPrepper Wrote: It looks great. Look forward to the next update
Well I am off to exhaust center to try get me some free exhaust clamps that should allow me to make a secure placement of the solar panel.
Then I need to move the boat about 3 locks to where I need it so I can work on it more local to home, at a guess by tomorrow I should have the solar installed, will update then.
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RE: Off Grid On a budget - NorthernRaider - 29 April 2016
Scary at sea, I would be TERRIFIED, There used to be a Finnish Gal who was a maritime survivalist ( and good looking as well) who sailed a 35 footer around the Baltic, up the coast of Norway and across to the Shetlands, she used to do a blog but its gone now, she was far braver than me.
RE: Off Grid On a budget - NorthernRaider - 29 April 2016
RE: Off Grid On a budget - NorthernRaider - 29 April 2016
RE: Off Grid On a budget - Nemesis - 29 April 2016