deckofficer
Senior Member
hot and humid would be too much for me. Wonder what the water temp would be 70?
Winter water temp around the island of Bonaire runs 78~80. I know that is west by a bit, but it is what I remember.
hot and humid would be too much for me. Wonder what the water temp would be 70?
hot and humid would be too much for me. Wonder what the water temp would be 70?
I first wrote 80 then changed to 70....Geez.. from what your saying then the air would be almost as hard to breath as the water!Winter water temp around the island of Bonaire runs 78~80. I know that is west by a bit, but it is what I remember.
Currently in Trinidad, the water temps 81. It doesn't get much cooler. The bug we called Spike, landed on our decks when we were in French Guiana. His relatives can get a lot bigger.
Believe it or not, in spite of their size, strong fliers (mentioned that specifically to keep the pilots in the group happy).
Could you imagine meeting spike on a motorcycle at 55.
Sd
back home. I left the boat in Luperon-dominican Republic. impossible to do what I wanted, it is a journey to be made calmly and slowly to take advantage of the route.
Sergio "Alemao" Sztancsa, Sent from my iPhone using Trawler
back home. I left the boat in Luperon-dominican Republic. impossible to do what I wanted, it is a journey to be made calmly and slowly to take advantage of the route.
Sergio "Alemao" Sztancsa, Sent from my iPhone using Trawler
Good to be at home. I'm learnong all the time. I got waves with 8' hight and 23 knots as wind and the boat and the crew survived as well
I got many pictures that I'll lost soon.
In Georgetown I learned about Luperon-Dominican Republic as the best and cheap place to leave the boat.
I intend to make the Caribean as the second part of the trip in the end of May and go to Trinidad.
Sergio "Alemao" Sztancsa, Sent from my iPhone using Trawler
I have problems with the battery banks. They are charged by the alternators or by the generator, great! but all of the batteries, engine and service, are used with the inverter. I have to make a brand new service batteries bank but I also separate for the consume banks .
My second trip leg, Luperon, Dominican Republic-Trinidad will start in the end of May.
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Ok, but how to isolate? the batteries have a lot of wires conected. Once I'll go to Luperon, I'll try to use the batteries switches, that I don't know if are working as well.
During the night, I'll try to switch off the engine batteries.
I can just see the mass of wires. Sounds to me like people have added things in the past by just wireing directly to the batteries creating a dangerous birds nest of wires. If this is the case and i were you I would install a dc distribution panel which hooks to the batteries then the loads are hooked to the output side of the panel. Someone in the forum must be familiar with these systems maybe you could start a new thread addressing this issue for help. I've done systems like this on small toy boats but never on one as large as yours. Do you have any electrical prints for your vessel?
I can just see the mass of wires. Sounds to me like people have added things in the past by just wireing directly to the batteries creating a dangerous birds nest of wires. If this is the case and i were you I would install a dc distribution panel which hooks to the batteries then the loads are hooked to the output side of the panel. Someone in the forum must be familiar with these systems maybe you could start a new thread addressing this issue for help. I've done systems like this on small toy boats but never on one as large as yours. Do you have any electrical prints for your vessel?