Cruising to Bahama's

[Andrew Harvey]

What modifications die you make for storage and for power.
Extra solar panels are a given. What about and generator, water maker AC ?

[waterdog]

400W of solar. 90A alternator. Throw in a generator and you might have enough power.   That's if you want ice cubes and unlimited showers which is nice.   

Storage refits:  canvas and mesh storage pockets in both cabins (living out of duffels gets old), netting on upper shelves in main salon, drawers under salon table, microwave shelf with wine storage & laptop storage on shelf above nav, entertainment center with room for hard drives, lap tops and game console (had an 11 year old), bookshelves on forward bulkhead in main cabin and berth, netting across space under nav, refit of aft locker eliminating propane and segregating into 3 canvas storage bags with room for anchor & rode underneath, spice rack in the galley, wine glass storage over microwave, halyard bags in cockpit, and a nice big bag hanging under the lazyjacks to drop the main into.   

[Stephen Butler]

Steve, did you carry extra water, diesel, and gasoline?  If so, how did you store it?  We have gone the usual route of boards between lifeline stations and jerry cans strapped to these, but really do not like either the look or access.  If memory serves, didn't you have a water maker?  Thanks for your experience.

[waterdog]

Sure. We had 25 gallons of extra diesel and gasoline.   Kept it all in the port lazerette.    

No wait.    Actually we had 4 diesel jugs giving us over 700 mile range under power.   2 were lashed on the foredeck ahead of the mast.  2 were deep in the aft locker.  Though sometimes I think we kept all four on deck   The dingy was tied down over top of the jugs so they weren't visible.  Tested well in a knockdown.  Never had green water over the bow.   We kept a couple of gallons of gas loose in the anchor locker.  

We had a spectra 150 gpd water maker.   Very efficient and would not go for lower capacity as the duty cycle would be too high running for hours and hours. .   We ran it for several hours every 3 days or so for nearly a year and sold it for seventy five cents on the dollar.    We wouldn't do Mexico again without getting another.  I dont know what the Bahamas are like for water availability.  

[patrice]

Sure. We had 25 gallons of extra diesel and gasoline.   Kept it all in the port lazerette.    

No wait.    Actually  We kept a couple of gallons of gas loose in the anchor locker.  

  Not sure it's very safe to have those kind of liquids loose in the lockers....
How did you pump it back to the engine tanks ?          

[Stephen Butler]

Steve, where did you install the Spectra watermaker? Thanks

[Stu Jackson]

From a search on Spectra by waterdog

http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,5257.0.html