North Carolina Loop

Some of you may be wondering what living on C-Traveler for several weeks might be like; what’s the layout. So this post is a description of what’s available to me and Rosanne on C-Traveler. The V-Berth where we sleep has a shelf down both sides. When I’m solo, I get both sides. LOL! In which case, I use Rosanne’s side to store my camp chairs, my toiletry bag, and anything else I don’t have room for on my side. Like an extra tub of clothes. When she’s along with me, then her clothes tubs are on her side, and I just have my side for my tubs. We found tubs that fit perfect for storing our clothes. I also have my C-Pap on my side. It’s not in the photo, as it’s right up against the helm end of the V- Berth. We sleep with our feet towards the bow. The dinette has a sink with running water, and there is a small 2.5 gallon water heater. I need to be plugged in to shore power or run the generator to heat the water up. There use to be a stove (electric and butane) next to the sink, but I pulled it out and replaced it with a butcher block. (Basically a nice 1” piece of Oak.) We have a small portable one burner butane stove that we can use on top the butcher block, or better yet, on a small table set up in the cockpit (actually a fish cutting board, but it gets more use as a stove table). That keeps the heat and condensation out of the cabin! We have an enclosed head that I replaced the marine toilet with an Airhead composting toilet. We also have a shower in there (behind the small compartment door), but to conserve potable water, I have two large solar campshower bags I place on the roof. (The boat’s potable water tank only holds 20 gals.) The one on the starboard side I can bring the shower hose in through the head window and I have the toilet set up on a platform whereby I can remove it to give us more room for showering. (We can get 2 ½ showers out of each bag, and when the one bag is empty, I move the bag from the port side over to the starboard side.) We have a small table we can eat at. Along with the small refrigerator, we also have a portable Engle Freezer that when I’m solo, I usually strap down on the port forward seat. Otherwise, the freezer just stays in the cockpit (back of the boat). Rosanne made a nice insulated cover for it, and that’s what around it in the photo. With the freezer inside, I leave the seat and convertible back rest at home. I have two 100 watt solar panels on top the roof that are hinged so that I can lift them to clean the roof, or even take them off if I need to. If you look close, you can see we have several fans around the cabin and V-Berth. And since we do some cooler weather boating, I have a small webasto diesel heater. I also recently installed a 1200 watt inverter, just big enough to run the microwave if I don’t have shore power or want to start the generator. Also nice for charging up this laptop. :-) Anyway, that’s my home away from home in a nutshell.Leer más