Let's recap some Patron Q&A

We often get questions and thought it'd be great to share them with you...Along with our answers of course! These were sent in a while ago. Do you have questions for us? Send them in!! Let's get into the details! 

Q. What's the true draft of the boat? 

A. The boats draft is 4 feet. Before we purchased the boat the depth sounder was adjusted to read two feet less than true depth for some reason...So if it read 2, the actual depth was 4. So 4' is the draft! 

Q. How long does it take to make the crossing to the Bahamas?

A. It took us about 18 hours to sail the 119 miles from Fort Lauderdale to Great Sale Cay which is above Grand Bahama Island. We departed at 2200. We took a friend with us but Jeremiah stayed at the helm for the first 12 hours of the trip, then I sailed us for the next 4, then Jeremiah for the final two. 

Q. Is that crossing in any shipping channels? 

A. Yes, we crossed a shipping channel and saw lots of cargo ships during the night. We use AIS on the boat so we could avoid them more easily. 

Q. Do you try to be at sail for the whole crossing? 

A. We tried to sail but the winds were very light so we had to motor/motorsail until the second day after our first anchorage. The winds picked up and we got to toss up the sails! 

Q. When at sail, does a generator run full time for power and does the generator share the same fuel supply for the engines?

A. We can have it off or on, if it's hot inside the boat Jeremiah will turn it on so Rhys and I can have AC. Usually we try to conserve fuel so we don't if we really don't need to. It shares the diesel from the starboard engine but it really doesn't eat too much. Maybe 10 gallons of the 80 gallon tank if we run it a lot. 

Q. What are the power plants, diesel or gas? How much fuel can you carry on board?

A. Two Diesel Volvo Pentas which are 40 hp each. We have two 80 gal diesel tanks, one for each engine. 

Q. I know you can make your own fresh water but do you start with a tank filled when you're slipped and if so how big?

A. No, we try to not add any water to our (2) 40 gal tanks from any other source then our Watermaker since we do drink it. Dock water can be hit and miss, water we make is more pure than bottled water at a store...While at the dock we can hook a hose to the boat from the dock and it bypasses the tanks so we use that for showering, cooking, etc.

Thank you Patrons! I hope you enjoyed those...If you have your own questions please message us with them! 

We've tucked ourselves into a marina for a few days to ride out a weather system coming into the area...Winds up to 50mph are expected and there isn't too much protection for it so we decided to tie off on a dock. Time to get a little provisioning done!

XOXO