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Preparations
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Preparations. We have been preparing ourselves
for already fifteen years now. Preparations started with the building of the boat. Building and completing were done with a circumnavigation in mind. That is why the boat's interior is the way it is: many closets and drawers and only a couple of bunks. Want to visit us? You're welcome and you're warned. This is also the reason why the rigging is the way it is: Witte Raaf is a ketch so the fore triangle is not that big. Under all circumstances we are still able to handle the foresails manually and we don't need a furling device. 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 hot water
and 3 kettles of 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 doing so we use only approximately 20 litres 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 at anchor. Both supply approximately 5 Amps per hour. |
Finally we also produce
our own air, that is, under water. We love scuba diving and we refill our bottles
by using our own air compressor, so that saves us a lot
of fuss. |
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