Karma

Another quiet day on the river.

Still got a long things to do list, and things don't happen quickly here. Not sure if that is me, or locale. I seem to be waiting on people to arrive, call me back or get started.

Also, working between 11:00 and 15:00 is killer for me, unclimatized gringo that I am. 32 with 90% humidity.

Doug (Serendipity) is lending me his launcha for a month. It will be a big help and takes the pressure off of me getting the dinghy transom repair done. Or, otherwords, I can now procrastinate that job. I'll head into Frontera tomorrow and hopefully be able to get a sheet of plywood cut so I don't have to take the whole thing.

Doing a lot of thinking about refrigeration options; ideally, I want a really well insulated box, about (70cmx120cmx100cm= 84litres) with half of it full of cold drinks, and the other half full of hard frozen meat.

The old stainless steel cold plates might work, but I don't want to have to run an engine every day just to keep the fridge going, so solar seems to be my goal.

Marine fridges seem to made of expensium, and as far as I can tell, are often very hard to get right. I'm toying with trying to use the cold plates, I wish there was an easy way of telling if they would work.

On the other hand, buying a cheap domestic freezer is a possibility. There are lots of models available, and they are cheap to install and replace. I am eyeing the existing little fridge/freezer and thinking of cannibalizing it's parts and using them. It quakes with fear everytime I look over my shoulder at it....

I think if I could install a freezer box with some insulation to sector it off inside, I'd have a cold fridge, and a large enough freezer to hold a month or two of frozen good, all running off an inverter and solar power. Off grid, baby!

Also, now that I have the launcha, I can get the watermaker from Mark, and start installing it. I'm excited about that, although I'll have to bring back a new membrane later to make it functional in seawater.