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Hi guys 

It's been another busy week in Athena land :) I didn't get any of it on camera, but cement-boat-guy and I spent a couple of days this week figuring out the generators and also playing around our homemade autopilot. I'm super excited about the generator! Though I doubt we'll make a lot of progress before I leave to spend Christmas with Ava as we are waiting for parts. The plan is to have a test setup in the workshop complete with batteries and inverter/charger. Fortunately, my induction cooktop and electric oven are still up there - they'll be great for testing! I think we've found a little 7kW AC alternator that would be good for the tiny Perkins. It's the smaller version of the one cement-boat-guy has ordered. I'll see what he's like before pulling the trigger :) 

The other project I hope to get started on in January is Athena's new heating system. More specifically, the boiler. It's going to be a DIY boiler almost Identical to the one aboard the cement-boat but with a few tweeks. Buying an off-the-shelf version that's comparable would cost around $5700. The DIY version is going to be around $1500. DIY is fun especially when it means saving money :D

Christmas with Ava is fast approching. I leave in 9 days! The weeks before going to LA is always a little stressfull. I've already recorded a New Years' video, and I hope I can squeeze in a "the plans for 2020" video too. Jokull will be spending Christmas with his girlfirend (Idun, also an Icelandic Sheepdog) at a farm with a bunch of cats. He'll enjoy the heck out of that :D 

I hope you've all had an awesome weekend! Thank you so much for your support :)