Well something I will not live down for a few months anyway. Rae Ann had been preparing a listing of our household effects that we wished to sell. I suggested that she begin posting these last week, to which she responded "but we are not moving until April", to which I wisely responded "ah but it will take a while to move all of this junk". This was Wednesday the 20th of February - today is Saturday the 23rd........
We are without living room furniture and most of our bedroom furniture. Anything else left has been reserved for pickup at any time. It will be sparce living until April.
February 23, 2008
February 16, 2008
A First Viewing
On February 11th, I got to visit our boat in Essex. Commissioning is just getting under way with launching expected mid March, weather permitting. First impression was just overwhelming. Everything came together as we had hoped and she looked absolutely beautiful inside and out.
This picture is from the salon looking aft over the nav table into the aft cabin. For additional pictures please use this weblinkhttp://www2.snapfish.com/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=210581713/a=31055222_31055222/t_=31055222
February 02, 2008
Essex, CT - Arrived
Short and sweet. Our boat has arrived in the U.S. via New York/New Jersey harbor and has been trucked to Essex, CT, where we will have her commissioned. We also look back on the month of January having moved reasonably through our list of to-do's. In mid February we will go to NY to see our finished boat for the first time, dragging along a load of extremely important boat supplies, aka junk.
We appreciate the comments being made, please keep them coming. As to the question of drag, for us it was the trade off of being able to generate all the energy we need while on passage (which the Duo-Gen will do, unlike its wind mode where output is much less) and a slightly slower passage time. We have, over the years, enjoyed being able to generate energy from alternative sources (solar on our last boat) and have always tried to minimize our engine running time. We think for on passage energy generation the Duo-Gen seems top of heap. So I think there is no right answer only a matter of personal choice and compromise.
We appreciate the comments being made, please keep them coming. As to the question of drag, for us it was the trade off of being able to generate all the energy we need while on passage (which the Duo-Gen will do, unlike its wind mode where output is much less) and a slightly slower passage time. We have, over the years, enjoyed being able to generate energy from alternative sources (solar on our last boat) and have always tried to minimize our engine running time. We think for on passage energy generation the Duo-Gen seems top of heap. So I think there is no right answer only a matter of personal choice and compromise.
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