Technology on board

In anticipation of the continued trip of the Morgan, it was time to do some maintenance. For this, and to do other odds and ends, I went to Lanzarote for a week, to the pretty harbour of Puerto Calero, where the Morgan is currently berthed.

When we are berthed in a marina we have electricity from the harbour, but if we are at anchor we need the generator to create 220 V. Without energy everything stops. In our case, no energy means that we cannot do anything. As a preventive measure, everything is checked once in a while. Now that we are in Brest and are staying in one place where everything is available, it seemed a good idea to give all our energy sources a thorough check. Among these was the generator.

For years I have been fighting a couple of drops of water under one of the beds in the aft starboard cabin. It was one of those irritating cases where for months it didn’t show itself, and then suddenly there it was again. As it rains all the time here, Brest (Brittany, France) is the ideal place to trace the leaks in your boat.

Without Internet on board, this project will become very difficult. After strugling for a week in Brest (Brittany, France) with the  IT I've had it completely. Finally the solution came with a piece of tin-foil.

In most harbours there is WiFi (wireless internet connection). But this does not always cover the entire harbour and you may have very poor reception, or none at all. I have tried several gadgets to see whether I could get internet on board.