Ship of Imagination for a Voyage of Dreams

Vote NO on One Campaign

Carter was hired by the Alliance for Clean Energy folks to help promote the Vote No on One campaign by cruising down the east coast of Florida stopping at strategic cities for press conferences held by the Women Voters League and others. I didn't get to go on this trip as I was working the elections in Tennessee. I work as a registrar during both early voting and at the poll on election day.
Carter took a friend along as first mate in my place.

Radar became known as "Radar the Clean Energy Dog" !! LOL

Hurricane Irma - September 10-11, 2017

We found ourselves back with the boat with the approach of Hurricane Irma. We had intentions to take the boat out to a safe place but upon arrival we determined that it would not be that bad of an occurance and chose to tough it out on the dock.

The next day the winds pick up considerably and the water rose.

It turned out to be a wild bucking, bronco ride and we are happy to report no damage to the Archimedes nor any other boat on the dock. We lost a couple of our best fenders due to severe abuse against the dock, as well as the rub rail but not much more than that.

Season 2016 -2017 is underway!

Knights Marina/Black Creek Yacht Club has been an excellent place to summer the Archimedes. Thank you for your hospitality! It's September and time to take the Arc into the yard for a much needed bottom job at Green Cove Springs in Jacksonville, FL, where the cleats are described as adequate! LOL

This is 6 months of growth.

Lots of attention to the prop and rudder needed.

Looks better

Looking Good!

Now time to splash back in the water and run for cover from approaching hurricane Matthew. The Captain has found a good hurricane hidey hole in the Dead River off of Black Creek.

I had to go to work in the elections in Tennessee so the Captain recruited crew from Black Creek Marina. Welcome aboard Mark!

Tour of the Archimedes

The 2015-2016 season was full of many projects so we thought it would be a good time to show pictures of the Archimedes as it is today.

I'll start with the cockpit,

A major project that excited both the Captain and I was wiring each section of actuators/solar arrays individually to the control panel giving us more control over the positioning of the panels!

The cockpit also doubles as our dining room which we call the "lanai". We have a table top that hangs on hooks in front of the engine room hatch. When the weather is nice we enjoy eating our meals while enjoying the sunset.

The first room below deck and to the right of the companionway is the galley.

To the left of the galley area is the custom built dish rack.

To the right is the stove, sink and spice racks.

View to the right... Propane stove, and spice rack.

View to left...toaster oven, blender, mixer, and more storage.

11 cf refrigerator/freezer located in the hallway heading towards the head and mechanical room.

When you turn left from the companion way we have the pantry and stateroom.

I hunted all over the internet and came across these vintage tupperware canisters. Perfect for food storage on an antique vessel. Tupperware are the best storage containers for keeping food from absorbing moisture.