Fixing up Changes in Lauderdale Marine Center

Changes has now been in salt water for almost two years and traveled 6650 nautical miles.  She has been used every day for two years except for 5 months when we were back in Ohio.  The result is that things have worn out, broken or were lost. So now that we are docked at Lauderdale […]

Homecoming Weekend in Landrail Settlement, Crooked Island

Thursday, April 2, Today we found out there is a bus, Gibson Bus, that will ake us to the Airport where the locals are waiting to welcome in their relatives arriving on the BahamasAir plane.  There a DJ set up music leaving the huge speakers in the back of the pick up truck and got […]

The alternator saga

December 7, Sunday Yesterday I tried to use the engine to charge up the batteries. The voltage was low and the solar panels were not doing it. When I started the engine, the voltage regulator on the alternator brings up the voltage slowly and so the current follows the voltage slowly going up. I was […]

Elizabeth City, NC.

Friday, September 27, day 80 Paul, who lives on his boat here took us to Robert Sawyers automotive shop to get the alternator belt bracket welded. They were great! Immediately went to work on it and <10min it was welded and fixed for $10! Wow what service! We drove home (our boat IS home) and […]