Tag: refit

Electricity Part 1- Battery box and wiring

I met Milou about two years ago back in November of 2013. It was early in the relationship but even then I knew we were going to have to deal with a lot of issues. One of the …

Totally not panicking.

At some point in the late summer, 2014, we looked around out boat and said out loud to ourselves, “If we had to, we could leave tomorrow. Sure, there are things we would like to be nicer, and …

Radar arch of awesomeness

Our boat was never used for cruising. She was purchased with Texas oil money in the early 80’s, and from what we can tell–based on the equipment aboard when we took ownership–she spent most of her life either …

Ice is terrible

Not the type about to land on our Wisconsin doorstep in about a month, and certainly not the kind in a Dark and Stormy; the ice I’m talking about is the kind of old-fashioned technology designed to keep your …