Preparations for our 2008 Bahamas Cruise

Grundig Yacht Boy 400 PE AM/FM/SW/SSB receiver to obtain weather forecasts. EBay Acquisition...


Solar "anchor lights" to augment our Davis anchor light. the more the better... $8.99 for six on closeout at Lowes...


kimosabi has a "large" water tank at 18 gallons. Believe it our not, when cruising we can last 4 days on this tank. 3 Additional 5 gallon jugs...

Finally, we have added a Waeco CoolFreeze CF-50 cooler/refrigerator. See: http://www.waecousa.com/page.aspx?p=CF-50

This required the addition of an additional "power plant". Last year we upgraded our two ten watt solar panels with a Kyocera 65 watt panel. We found we averaged 15 amps restoration to our two group 27 AGM batteries per day. Because the Waeco uses 14-21 amps per day, we have added a second Kyocera 65 watt solar panel. When at anchor the panels can be placed on 1" "T" tubes locked in the unused stanchion bases on the amas for maximum solar exposure. When underway, one is stored on top of the companionway storm hood using deck mount hinges and pull pins. The additional one will be mounted on the radar tower using the gudgeons for the Garhauer motor lift...

About the kimosabi and crew

This is the trimaran kimosabi sailing off Fish Creek in Door County, Wisconsin. She is an F-31 Corsair folding, trailerable trimaran owned by Admiral Cathie and Captain Phil of Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA.





Although she has small accommodation for a 31 foot sailboat, we have equipped her as comfortably as possible to cruise.





We designed and built a dodger with bimini and full enclosure for additional space while cruising.





In November of 2006 we trailered to Florida, launching up the Caloosahatchee River and cruised for 6 weeks. Here we are arriving at Belle Hatchee Marina in LaBelle.




Here she is docked at Everglades City in March, 2007. We spent three months aboard cruising south Florida in winter of 2006-2007. We sailed from Sarasota, cruising the Florida Bay down to Marathon, and sailed up the Atlantic cost as far as Boca Chita Key then back through Florida Bay, up the Gulf Coast and then back up the Caloosahatchee River to La Belle before trailering home in March.
Here's the Admiral Cruising down the Hawk Channel south of Key Largo at 15 knots.

Then there is the Captain driving a little slower...

More later...