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This is the cool part about out owning a boat making minor alterations to make it your own

Congratulations on the lifts for your solar panels

Nice work. Safe Travels.

Taking the Mississippi down to New Orleans is one option. The most common route is the Ohio to the Tennessee River then down. More scenic and less commercial traffic. Also has more facilities such as marinas.

Got a good spot to ride out this storm.

Hope you find shelter before the shelter.

That route takes you further east and exits in Alabama at the Gulf? Can you share with us the pro /con as why you choose Ohio over Mississippi? Do tell and thank you .

I saw a new boat with expandable solar wing like you did and they used gas assisted shocks. They could pull them in or extent them from inside the boat. ua-cam.com/video/ffmqgnLA0oc/v-deo.htmlsi=K-cNJZMMg6thak-9

Just after Alton. Past the Chain of Rocks Lock and Dam.

When did you turn into the Mississippi? So awesome!!

good luck!!

I couldn’t find it either.

It look like the arches webcam site is having issues and the EarthCam site is too ..

We passed under the arch, you will love the 3knots pushing on our stern!

I sat next to you at our table in Punta Gorda. Fun following you. Safe travels.

Hope you are able to get your projects done

Houses along the river are all built on 12’ stilts.

Praying for lots of sun

Unfortunately, a nuclear core, consumer generator isn't a thing... Yet?

Greetings from Newfoundland Bryan. Glad to hear all is well. Fred

Randy, You are mentioned on the previous video, number 83. I like this spot in Ottawa. I found that restaurant you mentioned and the bakery. Went to the bakery early this morning and stocked up. Appreciate all the info you gave me.

Bryan, this is Randy the guy with the black fishing boat from yesterday. Glad you made it to the wall in Ottawa I told you it was free! You forgot to mention me in your video I was disappointed... Don't forget to try BASH restaurant, you won't regret it. Good luck in your travels, it was nice to meet you yesterday !!

Bakery rhubarb pie yummy 😊

Above rigging would be too high. Gas struts may be an option. Thx for that.

Nice that the solar panels are working

Might have to use gas struts, like used on the hoods of a cars, plenty heavy use. Or... Rigging from above.

So the problem is that it’s way to heavy to lift up and angle. I can get them to 30% down angle for now. Folding them to down is a bit easier. The answer may be to separate each panel so they fold independently. Still heavy.

Congratulations on your new solar panels. That is so nice that people helped you

Awesome! Now that's charging!!! 😎👍

Glad you got some solar charging

While you're in Chicago you can go to the science museum to see the Type IX U-boat. I think it was U-505.

Nice report! You are settling in nicely for the long cruise.

Lithium batteries can take huge amounts of charging current. I am not even close to the max. In total with sun and 2 -30 amp shore plugs, it will be around 150 amps at 48 volts. That’s for all six batteries. If I had to do this all over again, I would install a 50 amp 240 volt inverter charger. The downside to that is it’s a single point of failure. Now I have 2 completely separate 30 amp charging systems. Also, many canadian marinas and all the locks only have 30 amp power.

Racine is deceiving from the water. I will have go and check it out.

Bryan, Racine's population is close to 80,000.

Congratulations

Is there a point where it's too much charging? Bad for the batteries? Heat / thermal run away or combustion issues? As a network tech, I'm battery illiterate but getting better.

That inverter/charger is like my Quattro. Before I buy something else, I want to see if I can use the chargers I have .

Take a look at Eg 4 chargeverter for charging from 120 or 240 volt shore power or generator.

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Exciting. All 6 batteries working

Very exciting to have 6 batteries again. BMS arrived around 1:30 yesterday in sturgeon bay.

Excellent News. Keep floating and we will keep following.

Ralph, Consider the external thrusters from Side Shift. You can install them yourself.

Hope to stay in sturgeon bay for a few days. I assume Frankie will have a project for me. Most important is to pray that the BMS comes in and works.

With no real schedule the date is relative. Before each video I have to look it up.

That would be neat to see the goats on the roof

The date with an "I guess" is quickly becoming your catch phrase 😅

Ralph, I would highly recommend doing the Trent Severn. Doing it solo adds a bit more adventure. I would not do it solo without either a stern drive and/or thrusters. Having a remote around my neck for both stern and bow thruster was invaluable. A stern drive with only a bow thruster would work as well. You will hear many boaters claim they can maneuver their boats just fine with twin shaft drives and no thrusters. I would like to see them get into a lock with a cross wind pushing away from the wall and 3/4 other boats already in the lock. Just my opinion. I say go for it. 70 is not old.

Been following your journey with great interest. I think electric boats are going to have to be the way of the future. Every time I fire up my 45 year old Lehman diesel I feel a twinge of guilt about how much greenhouse gas it must be spitting into the atmosphere. I thought I would ask you a question and hope you have a few minutes to respond. I'm a 70 year old guy, and I can see the end of my boating seasons looming closer. I would really like to do the Trent Severn waterway before I hang it up, but everyone is saying that you shouldn't try it solo. I have been watching you and a few other UA-camrs doing it so let me ask you this: - are you an old hand with lots of boat handling experience? - would you still do the trip if your boat was a single engine and had no thrusters? I noticed in this video you mentioned having some trouble with currents getting into a lock. Good luck on your travels, and thanks for taking us along for the ride.