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Some say home is where you hang your hat.
Every once in awhile I run across an interesting bit of fun and creative living life styles, I hope you enjoy this one as much as I did.
Michael and Joanne Young say home is where you hang your PV modules-and your wind genny. As they have found, you can travel and have all the comforts of home by bringing along your own power company.
When Mike Young imagined his dream home, his fantasy included one mast, two sails, a wind turbine, and a solar-electric system. “I pictured my wife and myself on a sailboat surrounded by blue water. I saw us enjoying sunrises and sunsets day after day, breathing in the salt air while listening to the ocean and watching the sails fill with wind,” says Mike, a native of Springfield, Vermont. “I saw us living independently.”
Fed up with Vermont’s cold, dark winters, Mike fell in love with the idea of escaping to the warm, sunny Caribbean for part of the year. An avid sailor who spent many years sailing on Lake Champlain and crewing on friends’ boats, he had the know-how to pull it off. All he needed was an ocean-worthy vessel and a good first mate. “When he first told me the idea, I thought he was crazy,” says Joanne, his wife of
40 years. “But he was serious.”
The couple bought Orion-a 37-foot sloop-and upgraded its navigational, steering, and safety systems for ocean cruising. They sold the family’s retail propane business and embraced the idea of early retirement at age 52. In 2000, Mike and Joanne made their maiden voyage to the Caribbean islands. From Shelburne, Vermont, they took Orion south to the Hudson River, which brought them to New York City. From there, they followed the coast south to Virginia, where they departed on the 11-day voyage to Virgin Gorda.
Well folks this is a seven part series, hopefully this will absorb your time a little over the new year! Remember don’t drink and drive, OK? I’ve done my civic duty! I found an article I really enjoyed and thought I would like to share this bit of fun application on Wind Power Energy and Home Solar Power Systems with my readers.
Remember of course to visit my web site, where you’ll find other interesting articles, DIY Home solar kits where you can learn to build your own Home Solar Power systems and /or Residential wind Power Generators, or buy fun solar powered solar landscape lights and more as well books on Sustainable living life styles and how to become a green aficionado. There are pages devoted to tax rebates And grants for those interested in pursuing an actual project and how to apply for them. Mind you, that this site is an on going project, when I have the time and energy to pursue, I’m new and learning, but again, arn’t we all in some way or another.
I hope you enjoy the piece of American ingenuity and have fun being creative in your own life!
Today’s quote: If we throw all our problems on one pile along with everyone else’s, we end up taking our own back!
