Shannon and I have lived onboard Nymeria for over five years now. Much of that time was spent tied up and plugged in at a marina. Since arriving in the Florida Keys over a month ago, we’ve spent nearly all of it on a mooring ball. For as much time as I spent studying and optimizing my power usage, being […]
Now that we have finished the full repower of the diesel engine on Nymeria, it is probably time for a complete update. The process was significantly more difficult than we had planned. It took nearly a year from the decision to proceed, to the day we left the work dock under our own power. There were several issues during the […]
“That’s a new noise” I said as we lay in the berth trying to sleep. A few seconds later we hear the noise again. Sounds like something is coming loose. “Is it coming from our boat? Is that the dodger rattling?” Shannon asks. “Sounds like it, but I guess I should go check.” It’s about 4am. As I work to […]
Well, Its happening again. One of my favorite upgrades of Nymeria is the battery and electrical system. One of the first upgrades we made was to add four Firefly Oasis batteries (465Ah, 5.58Kwh) . They were and are considered near top of the line for AGM batteries. About a year after install they began to fail. Firefly worked with us […]
We finally find ourselves back on Nymeria. We’ve been gone nearly eight months. The last three weeks of which has been a spiraling road-trip to get us here. What started as a simple need to get the truck from Utah to Texas turned into quite an adventure. As we were planning the trip to get back to Texas we began […]
Last weekend, we were finally able to gather friends and family to say goodbye to my father, The Bruce. Once again the Erickson luck prevailed. Even though we had planned the event months ago not really know what the status of COVID would be or the typical random spring weather. Last Saturday we were able to gather outside on a […]
I’m excited. Its been awhile since I’ve felt that way, but its true. I’m excited. The last year+ has been hard on us all. For me personally it as been one of, if not the hardest periods of my life. I was already down from the general goings on with the world, in August I had to put down my […]
A few weeks ago, we were really starting to come out of the slump that was 2020. Yes, we had a few boat issues, but looking forward felt good. There was light at the end of the tunnel. I was excited to write about some new upgrades to the boat, (I still am) and there was still the plan of […]
I was hoping to write about our new Solar panel and power monitoring system install, or our camping trip last weekend, but boat life had a different idea. The weather here in Texas has only two states, too damn hot and too damn cold. Some time in Oct/November the temperature goes from 80 to 50, literally over night. We very […]
I discovered aviation at a very young age. I remember pouring over aviation book and reading about pretty much every aircraft that existed. By (insert arbitrary young age here) I could identify nearly any airplane that I saw. I was certain that I was going to be a pilot when I grew up. Well, that didn’t happen, but my fascination […]
