Here We Go!! Almost

[Nicholson58]

Well, we've been working towards retirement & live-aboard for 8 years now. The boat is almost ready, the house is sold, 43 years worth of treasures has been sold, donated, shipped to children, stored, incinerated. Much of this was very painful. Our children should pay us for doing this before we die.

Thanks to CF for all of the tips and help along the way.

This spring we replaced the last of the lightening-fried electronics. (July 5, 2014). I also added a 32-pin plug & socket for the main mast electrical (to un-plug for lightening) and 2-pole air gap rocker switches to help protect all electronic devices from lightening. Added new autopilot, autopilot computer and plotter remote keypad. It took a bit of Simrad tech help but all appears to work on Simnet now. Other great news is the solar farm went live as the winter tarp fell. 680W name plate produced 284 watts & had all banks charged and on float in about an hour.

The survey came out mostly OK so we will be able to extend our range. The plan is to leave Muskegon Michigan in mid-June to the east coast by St Lawrence. Look for Roxy and say hello to Mark & Lynn.

Lynn has set up a blog site that will get more attention once we are under way.

Blog site www.RoxyCruising.net

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