In Part 1 of this project, I cut the holes for the wiring and figured out how I was going to mount the solar panels to the top of our 2015 Ford Transit. In Part 2, I'll discuss the specifics of how I actually attached them.
Read MoreThe second project of our van conversion on Blue, our Ford Transit 250, is now complete. He now has two 180 watt solar panels mounted on his roof.
Unlike the first project, installing the roof fan and ventilator, this installation didn't involve cutting a huge hole in the roof - just a few small ones. The hardest part was getting the panels up on the roof without damaging them or the van – or falling off the makeshift scaffolding in the process.
Read MoreI wrote a blog a few years ago on eight reasons to keep a maintenance log on a boat. Now that Nine of Cups is for sale, I've thought of a ninth reason
Read MoreHi there and welcome to Just A Little Further!
We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
