Since Chris and I moved aboard Avocet three years ago, we noticed that our fresh produce was going bad more quickly...
Building the “COOLEST” Refrigerator
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S/V Avocet’s Lithium Conversion Battleborn, Victron, Relion… These are only some of the most common drop-in lithium...
Lithium Battery Resources
Here is a list of digital resources that we came across in our research. We will be writing a formal lithium battery...
Sailing into the New Year
I'm sure I don’t have to be the first to tell anyone that 2020 was an absolute dumpster fire of a year. Like… a Taco...
Fear and Loathing of California
“We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold” - Hunter S. Thompson We...
Toe Rail to Bulwark Conversion
When we bought Avocet in 2018 we knew right away there were a number of issues that needed to be addressed. Although...
We’ve Never Worked So Hard To Relax In Our Lives
Our Great Escape Did these leecloths shrink? I could have sworn they were thicker... It had been one year and 4 days...
No Sail September
At 6:31 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time on September 22, 2020, the sun will cross the equator as it moves from the Northern...
“Do You Even Sail?”
If you have recently followed our blog or YouTube channel during the mass influx of new subscribers, you are probably thinking all we ever do is boat projects, and I totally get it! It definitely seems and feels like that is the case here, however…
Operation: Haul Out
I feel like after our New Years’ kiss I blinked and when I opened my eyes it was already March 1st- where has the time gone? January was spent settling into our new slip and getting ready for our latest project(s) while February was a huge project in itself…
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