{"id":17742,"date":"2019-10-03T09:32:27","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T07:32:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/?p=17742"},"modified":"2024-09-16T17:01:35","modified_gmt":"2024-09-16T15:01:35","slug":"planning-a-transatlantic-family-adventure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.victronenergy.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/03\/planning-a-transatlantic-family-adventure\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning a transatlantic family adventure"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jonas Edholm, his wife Susanna, and their children Axel (11), Alma (8), and Atle (6) are planning to sail across the Atlantic in a 12 metre yacht next year.<\/p>\n

Their boat, Liv, has a displacement of 7.7 tons and can set almost 100m\u00b2 of sail – not including their five spinnakers.<\/p>\n

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Whilst a lot of parents hesitate to take their children out of their routine for fear of what they might miss, Jonas and Susanna take the opposite view:<\/p>\n

Our main objective is to show our children that you can pursue your goals and dreams and that you don’t always have to follow all the norms of what you should do and should not do. This project involves us all in the family and will give us experiences and memories that will last our lifetime. <\/em><\/p>\n

Our children will both learn and experience different cultures, people, geography, languages, and environment that is very different from the traditional classroom.\u00a0 During our journey, the children will also be homeschooled and follow the Swedish school’s curriculum so they get the same schooling as the children back home.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Their journey will begin next July, commencing Stockholm, and will take them through the English Channel, Bay of Biscay and out to the Canary Islands, before crossing the Atlantic to spend the winter in the Caribbean …but you can start to follow their blog,<\/a>\u00a0now. In spring 2021 they will begin their homeward journey and be back in Stockholm before school starts in mid-August.<\/p>\n

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Jonas – who works in IT and computer science – has been taking a great interest in the electrical set-up of their boat. The navigation and communication station includes:<\/p>\n

Raymarine e95 MFD plotter
\nWind, Log and Depth data on Raymarine displays, 2 x i70s, 1 x i60 Wind , 1 x ST60 Wind and 1 x i70
\nRaymarine Evolution Autopilot with linear drive
\nRaymarine RN300 GPS
\nRaymarine RAY 54E VHF
\nAIS Trueheading CTRX Carbon+
\nShipModul MiniPlex \u2013 2Wi
\n4G Router<\/p>\n

Additionally there is a low-power refrigeration unit; an 800W foredeck windlass – and a 1000W stern windlass, both of which would be used only occasionally, with the engine running. There’s a water heater which can be electrically-powered but is plumbed into the engine’s water cooling circulation. There’s an\u00a0Ebersp\u00e4cher diesel heater, too, which has an electric fan drawing between 7 and 40 Watts – depending on blow-speed.<\/p>\n

Liv’s power supply, control and storage comprises:<\/p>\n