Buying vs Building your own water-maker Part 1

In the next few posts, we will research, design, validate and look for products which are available in the reverse osmosis system (this will be done within our parameters of course!)

Sounds impressive, doesn’t it but have no fear I am no engineer with fancy words or obscure magic box! I will share with [...]

Our Seattle boat show report.

An early start accompanied with a rainy day welcomed us to the Seattle boat show. Some might think :”Easier than trying to work on the boat!” Although it still takes some dedication… This year was our third time around for us with two other major ones, which gave us the ability to compare [...]

News flash, Alternator testing and sail delivery.

Two big arrivals today on Letitgo, one with no stress and one with just a little more spice but all have to do with power.

We received our asymmetrical spinnaker from voyager sail, first of all I would like to thanks Dale. During the entire process, his communication was perfect answered all question in [...]

How internet spoiled my day?

It’s a “love hate” relationship… What are you talking about? Since when Internet is love? Well, you love it for the easy access to amazing informations and user friendly yet you hate it when you read something that doesn’t support the cause. And few days ago, you may remember that we announced our decision on [...]

Nothing to say….

Planning was perfect, sunny and warm for January in the PNW. We have now two anchors setup one with 100ft of chain plus 100 ft of rope, and the main one with 250 ft of chain.

If you ever done it, you know what our day was like, from [...]

How did we get this reputation of “Crazy Frenchman” I wonder?

Ever since we immigrated few years back we have heard regularly sometimes under the breath, sometimes directly : “Wow! Crazy Frenchman”….

Somehow difficult for us to understand! You see when you are surrounded by them you don’t notice it… It must come from that proverb “Imposible n’est pas Francais” an expression we can translate [...]

You know you are still a rookie when….

It’s our second winter as boat owners and we can feel some light bulbs coming on. Our first storm season, we were oblivious to the dangers around us and lived in perfect happiness in a blinding world! Indeed it pretty much summarizes what we went through and survived without any major lessons/mistakes learnt. Albeit a [...]

Winter pictures so we will not forget…

These last few days of last week have been the extent of our winter here in the west coast. Evidently we will not complain because it is certainly not a three/six months deal like it is for our friends on the east coast! Nonetheless we got three days of -10 C and a few inches [...]

Internet talks because it’s fashionable today.

With all the SOPA and PIPA talk today, we feel that a little internet techno talk is appropriate. A few months back, Jeff from Active Captain efforts and newsletter brought to our attention the privacy issues and risks post by accessing the internet via unsecure connection. By now, you know that we are well equipped [...]

Electromaax it will be for the alternator.

This was a long project to complete, the learning curve was steep and in the back of my head the mantra of Mr Calder was always present. “Keep the system balanced, if you want success”

Understanding the needs, balancing all the element of the system and finally finding the most practical and economical solution. [...]