Coming to the end of the first season
Coming to end of the first season on Nautilus (part 1) Wow, I can’t believe its been one year living on Nautilus and we’ve just wrapped up our first season of sailing. On Monday we left Malta and sailed over to Marina di Ragusa to our winter berth. We’re going to be hunkering down here […]
Back to blogging
It’s been nearly 2 months since we pushed off from Malta and time has flown by. So much so, that everything has become a bit a blur and we’re starting to forget all the cool places we have visited. So i’ve got of my lazy arse and started putting everything back into the blog again. […]
Updates to the electronics
Morning all, I thought it was time to do another post on our electronics upgrades to Nautilus… So, what’s changed? Well firstly I managed to loose the original diagram I did in Adobe Illustrator!! I rebuilt my laptop and I forgot to back it up!! Anyway, it gave me the chance to start again and […]
Lithium upgrade complete
It took about 10 days to complete the upgrade as I didn’t want to rush it. However, it’s now all done and we’re running on Lithium. Better still i didn’t blow anything up and I think there was only one unexpected spark when I touched something I shouldn’t have! I’m very happy with the results […]
Starting the Lithium upgrade
No more beating around the bush, the time has come to start the big upgrade of the batteries on Nautilus. When the project is complete, we’ll have moved to 640 AmpHours of lithium batteries and a 3KW inverter that will allow us to run a bigger water maker and do our cooking on an electric […]
Solar upgrade complete
After a couple of days hard work on the coachroof, all the the new solar panels are installed. This is a big step into us being self-sufficient and being able to live completely off-grid. The install of the panels went suprisingly well and we were able to reuse 4 of the previous holes than had […]
Time to get blogging again
Sorry it’s been a while since our last post. It’s all been pretty quiet in Malta and if i’m honest I got a bit lazy. Anyway the sun is now shining and we’re back in Malta after 10 days in the UK, with a long todo list. Time to start the new electronics upgrade I’m very […]
A month of boat jobs
Sorry for the lack of updates. I really need to make sure I get into the habit of posting what we’re up to on Nautilus. There has been a real change in the weather in Malta over the last 4 weeks. It’s now much cooler, wetter and windier, which has really limited the amount of […]
Getting to grips with the wiring
I love poking around in the boat to understand how it all works. One of the things that certainly had a “wow” factor when coming aboard was all the wiring that Nautilus has. Getting to grips with it has been thoroughly enjoyable and I’ve needed to do it to so I can start planning our […]
Sorting out the fridge
Ok, I grant you, a blog post on fridges may not be the most exciting subject, but i’m pretty pleased with the results of my handy work…. As you know, one of our goals is to have Nautilus run completely “off grid”, without the need for shore power or to run the engines. We are […]