Glad to see you looking upbeat. Time is not relative to boat work. Dingy wheels don't worth a damn in mud. Small gas outboard a must. It'a a safety issue. What would happen if you hurt yourself and need to get to shore? Portipotty best solution. Remember, urine is not solid waste and can go over. My opinion, get the generator first. It will solve many problems especially if you add 2 more deep cell batteries. Yes, you will have to lug gas to the boat some times, but worth it. Have fun

I would recommend not wasting any money on lead acid batteries. lifepo4 are the way to go it makes your solar system or generator many times more efficient. Also I'm a big Perkins fan because you can rebuild the engine to brand new without removing it from the boat, look for an "in frame rebuild kit" though I doubt you need one those things are hard to kill. Definitely get the biggest dingy you can handle after cruising in many different places and now refitting my current boat out on the hook I can say you will almost never find yourself in a situation were you are wishing you had a smaller boat lol Watching your videos is fun for me since I used to own a columbia 34 and I wish I had been more ruthless in the refit and actually removed most of the fiberglass liner as there is so much wasted space behind it. Good luck man I look forward to seeing what you come up with.

Re: dinghy motor - for a non planing dinghy like yours, a 5 hp gas motor will be transformative. Not sure if you can get an old used good condition 2 stroke but that's what I use for a small Walker Bay dinghy.

That camping toilet is a good option, my father done the same once he built his boat, that thing worked for 2 summers which given that my father chartered his boat tells that its a reliable option, litttle gross, but reliable. If wind is consistent-maybe used wind turbine is not a bad idea, a well serviced one would get you good and somewhat consistent battery charge. But in any case you won't get far without battery bank. You need a regular motor on your tender if you want to carry around stuff.

Get enough battery for a good house bank, use that 2KW generator to top it off, you'll only have to run it a couple hours daily I think. Solar to trickle charge the bank. Do you have a good working automatic bilge pump? Gotta keep power for that. As for toilets - there are composting heads for boats, or use the camp toilet until ready to install a marine head.

Look up sailing Uma and watch how they installed their head

Generator is an option, but could drive you crazy with the constant noise. I personally would get more solar panels and batteries. More batteries for capacity to last through the cloudy/rainy days and more solar to fill up the capacity. Solar is about $1 per watt at the moment, so it's relatively cheap. It all comes down to how many watts you will consume during a specific timeframe and average it out. Even though you don't have a specific structure for the panels shouldn't be a deal breaker. I have a security camera on my little boat with signs warning of this. It will make your boat less attractive to thieves.

Need a good dinghy with reliable motor. The one you have is a little small. A 10-12 ft with a 8-10 hp would be life changing, really. Aluminium is the way to go. Thanks for sharing your project with us will be following.

Are you able to get to dock ,tie up when living on board full time.

Iv'e watched them all so far, after so much ripping out I was wondering when you were going to start putting something back permanently, as opposed to a temporary fix. I think you took out a good little generator that could possibly have been serviced on the boat and utilized. If you have power, you can do anything! Start with the diesel tank, fuel lines and a couple of decent leisure batteries. All topped up by your generator and solar. I also think you should have the tender running on petrol. Second hand motor , not too pretty so it doesn't attract attention. The toilet is a good idea, although temporary, but why not install a holding tank for the existing sea toilet? V berth is good, power with generator when solar fails, toilet is an easy fix, so all you need is a stove. Look forward to your next posting.

Look into a composting toilet. Its a little different than the camping toilet you showed. Maybe get a new dingy and use that one for a barge to carry stuff with till you can get moved and settled. That would double your cargo ability and lessen the number of trips you take

Put a cheap doorbell camera on the boat Lucille so you can at least see the misfits if they decide they want some freebies

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