850 Miles Traveled
153 Sailing
697 Motoring
This was a month of making miles! We started the month on our first overnight passage from the Bruce Peninsula to Lake St. Clair and ended the month in New York City. In between was a visit with family in Detroit, a sail across Lake Erie, unstepping the mast in Buffalo, then motoring through the state of New York via the Erie Canal and Hudson River. A lot of hours on the engine this month, but we made a lot of progress!
15 Nights on Anchor
12 Nights at Free Walls
3 Nights At Marina
We spent two nights in Detroit visiting family on our way through, then one night at Hop-O-Nose waiting to get our mast put back up. During the Erie Canal, there are free spots to stay the night throughout. Some even have power and water for free so we were able to keep charged up and topped off on water throughout the canal. We only paid for 3 nights total, plus we paid $20 for power at the Waterford free dock for two nights. Our solar output dropped significantly with the mast partially covering the panels.
27 kWh of Solar Generated
In the month of September, we generated 27 kWh of solar power. This is our lowest solar generation so far, for multiple reasons. Our mast was over our panels which cut our solar output by at least 50%. We also motored a ton, which tops off our batteries and our solar chargers go into float mode (limits solar absorption). Finally, our days are getting shorter and weather is becoming less predictable meaning fewer hours of good sunlight hitting our panels
$4,204 Total Spent
$140.13 Average Per Day
We knew this would be our most expensive month because of the mast work we had to do, but we also had a few other things that made it extra expensive. Taking the mast down was $10/ft plus $100 for the cradle, and putting it back up was $7/ft for a grand total of $1,116. We also had to pay for a full year of boat insurance, which was $908. Backing this out of the total spent, we spent $2,180, or $72.67 per day. We motored a ton, and had to order some spare parts that we'll pick up in the Chesapeake. We also went out to eat a few more times than in the past since we were in the canal going through small towns. Overall it was an expensive month, but should be an outlier on our way South.
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