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Preparations
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Preparations. We're preparing ourselves
already fifteen years now. Preparations started with the building of the
boat. Building and finishing were performed with our cirumnavigation in mind. That is why the boat interior is the way it is: many closets and drawers and a few bunks (wanna visit us? you're welcome and you're warned). It is also the reason why the rigging is the way it is: Miep is a ketch so the fore triangle is not that huge. Under all circumstances we are still able to handle the foresails manually and we don't need a genoa roller installation. There are many things that can fall apart, electronics in particular. That is why we also haven't got lots of stuff running on electricity. |
We haven't got a boiler but we have an
extremely smart shower installation (created by JW), based on a
fuel tank of an old petrol heater. We can build up pressure in the tank
using a hand pump. We fill the tank with 1 kettle of boiling water
and 3 kettles cold water, a quantity which allows us both a nice shower.
We pump up the water and it sprinkles out of the small shower head. We also don't have electrical pumps for hot water. This saves us a lot of fresh water, because in so doing we use only approximately 20 liters per day. We can add water to our stock by using a water maker, not electrical of course. And in case we need more electricity, we use our towing generator (when we are sailing) and a solar panel when we are anchored. Both supply approximately 5 Amps per hour. |
Finally we also produce
our own air, that is, for under water. We love scuba water diving and we refill our bottles
by using our own air compressor, so that saves us a lot
of fuss. |
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