First week of freedom! (Patreon)

Hi guys! 

I've had such a good week! For the last five years, I've always felt restricted by a lack of time. Having a full-time job, working on Athena, and doing the videos was a lot. This week I had time to work on Athena, plan and order stuff for the coming weeks, edit the video, and be in bed by 11 pm ;) But seriously, the biggest relief (besides making good progress) is being able to do a bit of planning and figuring out some of the big unknowns. Huge relief! :) Thank you so much for your support! Being able to focus 100% on Athena with only 75 days until Ava shows up is nothing short of amazing. Again, thank you so much! 

It might seem odd that I'll be working on the aft cabin next week. Why not the head or one of the 100 other things on the to-do list? Because the BMS, inverter/charger, and MPPT chargers are supposed to show up next week :D Very exciting! 

I doubt I'll get to install them next week, but their future home is the aft cabin, so I want to get it ready for them. That includes building a locker (with ventilation) at the aft end of the aft cabin for the inverter/charger and isolation transformer and building the small handing locker at the forward end of the aft cabin. The hanging locker will be the home of the BMS (close to the batteries).

In other news, Martin (cement boat guy) is helping me build the solar arch. In return, I'm going to help him fair their hull. The fairing compound won't show up until the end of the month, but the parts for the arch might arrive this coming week. The arch is one of the last big unknowns (that I know about), and I'm very excited to get started on it!

I'm off to lay up a tiny bit of glass in the aft cabin - a minor modification of the aft bulkhead in the aft cabin to fit the inverter charger. I'll be back a little bit later to reply to comments :)

I hope you've had a fantastic week. Thank you so much for your support :) Stay safe :)