Refrigeration, we don't need no stinking refrigeration

8/24/09
So why can’t I have refrigeration anyway? Technical aside: When you are on a boat, not at the dock, you are relatively self sustaining. If you want to run things like lights, computers, refrigerators and such, you need a power source. We have batteries that allow for lights, but you must use them judiciously as they will eventually die. You can recharge the batteries with the engine, but that takes diesel. And I personally don’t want to be a slave to running the engine 2 hours a day to charge up everything. Picture a quiet bay relaxing, enjoying the day, then add the chug of an engine for several hours instead of the chirp of birds, and the lapping of waves.

We wanted to have solar panels that would recharge the batteries and give us much more flexibility in what electrical equipment we have onboard, but money rears its ugly head yet again.

So continues the search for information on what needs to be refrigerated, and what doesn’t. Instead of buying huge quantities of mayonnaise, jam, cheese, and the like. Smaller containers will be used quicker and less likely to go bad.
One of my favorite blogs for the past year has been http://svpisces.blogspot.com/
Jacob and Julia did almost the same trip we are planning at the same time and in a similar sized boat. It was so great to hear about events, good bad and ugly, along the way. It helped me get a feel for what to expect.