Log XVIII - Artemis 1 (Localization)

Buying a yacht from USA is usually cheaper than in Singapore as the market is big. There are also a wide variety of boats for you to choose from. The US boat resale market alone is easily more than all the boats in Singapore. However there are other problems to tackle. The most prominent one is to the 110V rating.

A transformer will be required for the boat to receive the 230V shore power. Not to mentioned that it will be difficult to find replacement for the electrical appliances on board.

The screw threads are US threads. Even simple stuff like hose connectors are hard to find when your whole country is using UK threads.

The toilet tap broke and I made use of this opportunity to convert the tap and the sink to local HDB style.

Of course some modifications to the piping was required such as this:

All the cabin mono filament lights were changed to LED to save battery power which is a luxury when out at sea.

And lots of sweat were shed over many days together with my family and friends to clean and polish the boat as it was quite neglected by the previous owner.

All these minor maintenance seemed easy but it was time consuming especially when every experience was my first time.