This is a short guide to installing flexible solar panels to a narrowboat. Background I’ve lived on my boat for 2 years. When I first started, I was located in a Marina. Everything was laid on, showers, water, electrical hook-up. It reminded me of a high-rise flat for boats. After my boat was painted, I […]
** Update 27th July, 2018.** During last summer, the heat of the sun on the hull and the cool of the interior of the water-tank caused a lot of the coating, previously discussed in this post, to flake off. This left flakes of toxic residue in my water and made it unsuitable as a potable […]
Skipping Muscott, made my way to Whilton, a short distance away from the marina. As always, I’ve tried to moor in the sun. I like to wake up in the morning and see as much sunshine as possible. Same goes throughout the day. As well as that, it keeps the solar charging 🙂 This is […]
This time, heading into London to pick up my post…. It started raining at around Marlow. All my gear is wet, so I’m drying it out on the fire, as well as cooking my dinner…. Taking a narrowboat on the Thames I wrote a guide about this last year. It’s true, moorings are easier to […]
Onto day two. Less clouds in the sky… Woke up early, about 5, before the sun had come up. Went back to sleep again. BESTEK 2000W Power Inverter The inverter was still working after a night. Got to watch TV in the morning, always good. Tried to microwave my porridge using the inverter. Didn’t quite […]