Yeah it snowed last night. First time poor Chamois has seen snow on her decks. I felt bad I didn’t have her under her winter cover. She was cold, I could see her shivering. But it didn’t take long to melt the snow off the deck once I got the Force 10 heater fired up. I’ve been running it on diesel, and I’m quite pleased. Seems to smell less than the kerosene does. Burns just as well too. And that means on less fuel type to carry.
I’ve also found that sleeping on the settee in the main salon isn’t all that bad. It’s narrow, but I slept just fine last night. And I didn’t have to bother with dismantling the table, inserting it, and dragging out the cushions to fill in the center area for the forward double bunk set up. So, this might be a viable solution for winter this year if I can’t find any electricity… which is turning out to be more of a problem than I anticipated. I’ve basically abandoned the aft cabin for now. I expect to do alot of baking this winter… baking = heat 
Oatmeal, M&M, peanut butter Cookies last night.
I have spoken to alot of people regarding dockage and power in Oak Bluffs, and the story I get is the same. Docking is a free-for-all, anyone can use an available slip, but there is no power. The town shuts it all off, and no one can do anything about it. I bought a 12v fan today to help circulate all my wonderful diesel heat, and hopefully get my toes a little warmer. Hopefully I’ll find a permanent home soon and erect my winter cover.Ramble… still no pics… boring.
I miss the photos … perhaps if you clean your Force 10 chimney Santa can squeeze down with a new digital camera? (sort of a bad joke for those who do not know the diameter of your chimney)
How do you intend to generate enough power to survive all winter? I suspect that the solar panels will be nearly useless and that running on generator could get cost prohibitive? Condensation will be an issue for lanterns and don’t know if it would be possible to have a couple extra batteries on wheels that you can take to work each day an slap on a charger? Can you put a small genset on the back of your car and run a 110 cord down the dock to the boat? Run it 6 hours a night to charge batteries and provide enough juice for an electric heater and evening lights? (maybe an hour in the morning to take off the chill) Good luck and keep us posted.
Well…I guess free winter dockage and no electricity bill I would consider a wind turbine unit for electricity… probably balance out what you would pay for dockage and electricity all winter. But yeah the cold is starting to suck a little lol. Are you keeping water aboard? as of today Im leaving an electric heater on set at around 50 to help prevent the water lines from freezing… next is add a 100 watt lightbulb in one of those domed fixtures near my water tank and pump. Without electricity what are your plans for keeping the water flowing?
I finally got dockage, where I can get power and all the ammenities… Now trying to figure out when to move and unstep the mast etc. Wahoo!