SV Fully Charged
The sailing vessel (sv is the USCG abbreviation) named Fully Charged is intended to be a fully renewable energy powered vessel after a refit is completed. The auxiliary propulsion will be electric rather than diesel. The galley stove will be induction and electric oven rather than propane. The dinghy motor will be electric rather than gasoline. The primary charging sources will be solar panels and a wind generator. Auxiliary propulsion regen may contribute some charging. Hopefully there will be no need for a portable generator for backup charging. The use of a genset has been ruled out due to available space.
In November 2019 a 1980 Mariner Yachts 36 was purchased with the intention of doing a major refit over the winter and the next few seasons. The 2019 Purchase of Mariner Yachts 36 web page describes the purchase itself. As the work progresses a set of web pages will be updated that summarize plans, work in progress, completed work, and overall status.
This web site can be accessed using the top menu bar and the pull down menus. For pages that have subpages, the subpages will be listed at the bottom of the page as well as available on pull down menus. The entire set of web pages is described in the site map which can provide an alternate way to explore the site.
- Site Map - SV Fully Charged
- The web site is still very much a work in progress in fairly early stage. The site map is automatically updated as the organization of the site changes.
This web site will be updated during the refit but some time after the refit is completed the Completed Work web page and the Planned Upgrades web page will see very few updates. The focus will change to sailing and ongoing maintenance. At the current (very slow) rate of progress that transition won't happen for a very long time.