The first Project of the season is under our belts...Solar Power! In this picture you see is the finished product. It was a fairly simple installation with minimal cussing, fighting, yelling etc. The panel itself is mounted on top of the dinghy Davits and the hardest part of the installation was drilling into the 2" stainless steel rail that is part of the Davit tower. We added a cross bar towards the end of the davits for extra support as we will need that for offshore cruising.

We left Ego Alley Sunday afternoon and went on the hook in Spa Creek. With three days of rain we still did not have to crank up the generator. That's what I call living of the grid! Today is sunny and we have seen as much as 13 amps from the panel. With the Panel, (210watts) and our Wind Generator, we should do well.

Next project...replacing the plates in our Electra-San. Since this is a crappy job (LOL) there will more than likely be some cussing involved in this project. We'll let you know.