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JimB517
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Initially Posted - 08/09/2008 :  20:47:05  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
Here are some of my conclusions after 2 weeks living on board.

Single handing a C25 is not hard. I do get afraid on major passages, especially around the 1/2 way point. What is hard for me about being alone is not solitude or lonely, but having the drive to do things other than just caring for the boat (snorkeling, shore tours, things like that).

1/3 gallon per hour of fuel at light throttle settings (4 to 4.5 knots) on Tohatsu 9.8

1 gallon of cooking / cleaning water per day per person.

2 bottles (8 oz) drinking water /day/person

4 sodas or juices /day/person

2 beers/day/person

One major meal per day does me fine. Light breakfast of dried fruit, granola bars, lunch beef jerky, whatever, happy hour at 5 PM (beer chips, salsa), and a dinner.

Favorite dinners:

kraft dinner noodles with a can of tuna, fruit cups, cookie and coffee

thai noodles with bacon (you can get dried bacon at costco and works well), fruit cups, cookie, coffee.

bush's baked beans with beef (you can get canned brazilian beef at costco), fruit cups, cookie, coffee.

Indiscipline 1978 FK SR #398
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ClamBeach
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Response Posted - 08/09/2008 :  22:20:56  Show Profile
>"kraft dinner noodles with a can of tuna"

Yum. Don't forget the catsup to put on top... or stir in.
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wmeinert@kconline.com
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Response Posted - 08/09/2008 :  22:21:03  Show Profile
Man you've got to have Beef Jerky, and tuna!! no cooking, right out of the pakage. Just spent 10 days cruising the Beaver Islands Northern Lake Michigan, 130 miles of fun, sun, suds, and sailing Life's good
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piseas
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Response Posted - 08/09/2008 :  23:32:02  Show Profile  Visit piseas's Homepage
Jim, sounds like you are back home. Glad you made it. Love to see some pics. I am not totally comfortable sailing solo yet but have done it alone on several occasions. Maybe one day I will sail to Catalina alone. I know I could do it but still have that fear. I admire what you have done.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 08/10/2008 :  08:24:11  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Jim, how did your 12v energy budget work out?

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Dave5041
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Response Posted - 08/10/2008 :  14:53:11  Show Profile
Would be a great Mainsheet article for the winter issue.
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gbeardjr
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Response Posted - 08/10/2008 :  23:10:55  Show Profile
We need pictures.
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DaveR
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Response Posted - 08/11/2008 :  07:57:40  Show Profile  Visit DaveR's Homepage
And Bill Meinert, would like to see Beaver Island pics!
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JimB517
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Response Posted - 08/12/2008 :  11:33:46  Show Profile  Visit JimB517's Homepage
I am back home now Tuesday August 12.

By the end of week 1 using the electric cooler about 4 hours per day supplemented with significant engine hours and 33 watt solar panels my batteries were so low I could barely start the engine (11.2 volts). I did, however, keep fresh food for a week.

After that I did away with the cooler except one thing. Using solar panels and engine hours I got my batteries to full charge. Then I would put 2 beers right next to the air inlet to the cooler, plug the cooler in, and run it for 2 hours from 3 PM to 5 PM. This allowed me to have a cold beer every night at 5 PM at the cost of 8-amp-hours.

I could not use the electric cooler full time without a Honda 1000 watt generator or equivalent.
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