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In 1977 we hired our first narrowboat from Anglo Welsh at Market Harborough.From that moment our destiny was set. In 2006 we finally purchased our own brand new 57' narrowboat which we named 'Free Spirit'. Our aim is to travel the length and breadth of all the navigable rivers and canals of the UK. This will be our story as it unfolds.

Sunday, 4 September 2011

Ian, thats a Job well done!

After 3 days of machining (battery, drill, jigsaw and files,) the design / calculations have proved correct.  Ian has finally finished the frame for our solar panel. What a marvelous job he's done. Not only can the panel be angled to the sun, high for winter and low in the summer, but he has managed to design a turntable of sorts so it can be rotated to get the best of the sunlight.

   His next project is to mount our two original solar panels ( the ones we had stuck on the roof) on top of the top boxes. When this is done we should hopefully get about 8 amps in optimum conditions. Orders can now be taken!!!!!

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