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Made it back to the Dawn Treader! Enjoying pleasant weather and ready to get busy replacing dead batteries and replace damaged solar panesl.

News from the Dawn Treader and SunChaser

February 2026

Almost the entire month was spent in Arizona at our friends Michael and Melody’s ranch while most of the south and east froze.
The East Coast got hit again while Mississippi thawed out.
We rented a car again and after recovering from her heart valve replacement, Melody and Michael went to Flagstaff to be with their son-in-law and daughter while we baby-sat her horse and chickens.
For some reason we can’t seem to get away from farming!
 
When we left our boat last May there was only one major thing to replace.
Now we will likely need new batteries as well.
We did not have time to determine why the batteries went dead because even though the one solar panel glass was shattered it was still producing 12 volts.
Hopefully it will be a fuse.
 
Mostly our stay is a “Vacation” however we are anxious to get our sailboat in the ocean and livable again.
The only downside of our stay is we had an unwanted guest.
We discovered we had a mouse after watching the movie “Mouse Hunt” however we were not entertained.

 

 Our book list has added one more book:

 

Two Years Behind the Wheel Part One

Road to Freedom

Camping in Comfort

Hurricane Tested - Revised Edition - Now for the Davits

So You Want to Live on a Sailboat

Misadventures of a Sailing Poet