{"id":745,"date":"2019-08-29T11:49:17","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T21:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/svbellamarina.com\/?p=745"},"modified":"2019-08-29T19:06:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T05:06:13","slug":"green-living-solar-cooking-while-cruising-on-a-sailboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/svbellamarina.com\/2019\/08\/29\/green-living-solar-cooking-while-cruising-on-a-sailboat\/","title":{"rendered":"Green Living: Solar Cooking while Cruising on a Sailboat"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lately, there has been a lot of attention in the news around humanity’s carbon footprint and ways to minimize it, both at individual and global levels. I constantly strive to learn more about it and apply those lessons to our every day living.<\/p>\n
Bella Marina is already a very green boat, and I’m not talking just about its hull color. We produce all our energy from our 1.6 KW solar array, and move around using the power of wind, with the few exceptions when our Diesel engine comes on rainy or windless days. Traveling and living on a sailboat is, almost by definition, one of the greenest ways to live a modern life with all the conveniences one might still desire. We have no land car, and our dingy (also known as the ‘cruiser’s car’) has an all-electric engine that charges off solar power. We opted for the Torqueedo knowing we might sacrifice speed and some convenience, but save the turtles, the sharks, and the dolphins. We desalinate water using solar energy, run all our appliances (Nespresso, fridge, freezer, dishwasher, washing machine, cooking appliances) and computers off solar-electric, and carefully manage our compost and garbage. Everything is super-efficient because we choose to be self-sufficient for long periods of time.<\/p>\n