Now we are members of the Electric Boat Association and have enlisted their help for fellow travellers and companions for meals en route.
Have created an interesting table decoration to enable restaurants to join in. It can be printed from the web site http://www.3as.org.uk/solarboat
We need to find out how to enable Betty's mobile to send emails as we don't want to take the laptop.
Sunday 24 July 2011
Tuesday 19 July 2011
Progress 19th July - responses and sunset
Good response to my emails to Transition Towns and Community Action Groups along the Thames. So far have received 4 offers of B&B, two of which are close to our planned stopping points. Also some good suggestions to contact Oxford Radio and the Electric Boat Association.
Wonder if anyone has a boat moored in Penton Hook Marina they would like to lend us for the night.
Need someone to be willing to rescue if all goes wrong.
Bought a new battery 75 ah which should keep our 30watt motor going for about 12 hours without charge if my sums are correct. Looks too good to be true.
Just resurrected this blog in response to my daughter's suggestion to record progress.
Checked sunset for 15th to 25th August and find it is 20:30 reducing to 20:00. Decided to start one hour earlier to make the best of the light and improve the margin of error.
Wonder if anyone has a boat moored in Penton Hook Marina they would like to lend us for the night.
Need someone to be willing to rescue if all goes wrong.
Bought a new battery 75 ah which should keep our 30watt motor going for about 12 hours without charge if my sums are correct. Looks too good to be true.
Just resurrected this blog in response to my daughter's suggestion to record progress.
Checked sunset for 15th to 25th August and find it is 20:30 reducing to 20:00. Decided to start one hour earlier to make the best of the light and improve the margin of error.
Thames Solar Cruise 2011
We have had an electric outboard on our Tinker Inflatable dinghy for some years. It would run about 7 miles in between charging and on a fine day we wanted to go further. We bought a standard 30watt solar panel and a controller for about £120 and it works very well as you can see in the video . We wanted to meet others who have similar ideas so came up with the idea of a solar cruise.
It has been well received by Transition Towns and Community Action Groups along the route and could become an annual event. We have some offers of B&B near our night stops but could do with some more.
We would like others to join us to cruise from Lechlade to Teddington in the week from 15th August. We would like to link with well wishers on the way, either to cruise together or to chat at our lunch and evening stops.
We are a 70 year old couple, who now live just East of Oxford. Betty is nervous of the water and hates the cold. Not sure whether 8 hours per day in a small inflatible will be too much fun. Our objective is to raise public awareness of climate change and how people can help. More details on www.3as.org.uk/solarboat
We plan to maintain this blog during the cruise to explain the progress and any delays.
It has been well received by Transition Towns and Community Action Groups along the route and could become an annual event. We have some offers of B&B near our night stops but could do with some more.
We would like others to join us to cruise from Lechlade to Teddington in the week from 15th August. We would like to link with well wishers on the way, either to cruise together or to chat at our lunch and evening stops.
We are a 70 year old couple, who now live just East of Oxford. Betty is nervous of the water and hates the cold. Not sure whether 8 hours per day in a small inflatible will be too much fun. Our objective is to raise public awareness of climate change and how people can help. More details on www.3as.org.uk/solarboat
We plan to maintain this blog during the cruise to explain the progress and any delays.
Oxfordshire Open Eco-Homes
What a long time since my first blog!
We have meanwhile had a major home renovation to incorporate ground source heating, heat recovery ventilation and lots of LED lighting.
The objective is not to save money but to support these emerging technologies which have the potential to take civilisation through this crisis. We are writing up our experiences and have opened our home, with other eco-renovators, to help others to avoid our mistakes.
More about that later but see what interesting homes you can visit on the ClimateX web site
We have meanwhile had a major home renovation to incorporate ground source heating, heat recovery ventilation and lots of LED lighting.
The objective is not to save money but to support these emerging technologies which have the potential to take civilisation through this crisis. We are writing up our experiences and have opened our home, with other eco-renovators, to help others to avoid our mistakes.
More about that later but see what interesting homes you can visit on the ClimateX web site
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