Episode 3 Percy's to Mackay - Yeppoon to Townsville in our 2400 Kevlacat Trailer Boat

In this episode we left the Percy's for an overnighter at Curlew Island only to have the worst night we had so far... But there was a highlight on route to Mackay....
Hope you all enjoy
Jill & Mick

[@laddventures6823]

Loving this trip guy’s, keep up the good work 👍

[@downunderdave5417]

Jill & Mick Im here for the ride Looks tops! D

[@jarredgiumelli]

well done guys i live here in mackay i go to all these islands well done loving the content keep it up

[@makeithappen2021]

Nice part of the world you live in mate!

[@freddyaguerorubio]

Good video! Greeting from Chile 🇨🇱 in South America

[@tiffanyjones7017]

How much fuel do you hold and how far can u go with the much fuel also what size motors u have

[@makeithappen2021]

Hey! We hold 450L in the tanks plus we have 2 x 100L bladders when we need. As an average we work on 1km / L. The motors are 150hp Yamaha's but with this boat in particular, you could easily use 130hp.

[@DAWNadventures]

Have just come across you guys - what a trip!! Bucket list stuff!!! Looking forward to watching the rest

[@stevew4260]

Early Days vids, Jill's barely sayn a word lol

[@stevew4260]

Or really into the groove yet.

[@chrismarch6829]

Hey. You mention a DC DC charger. I’ve had one and have an upgraded version which I haven’t had a chance to test yet. What brand/voltages/output is it? Really enjoy your vids thanks.

[@makeithappen2021]

Hey Chris, the charger is an Enerdrive 12v 50A. It has 300watts of Solar running to it and charges a single 200ah Lithium House Battery. That battery basically runs everything on board. During operation there's typically 35amps charging the Lithium, under solar it gets about 10-20amps in the best part of the day.

[@chrismarch6829]

@@makeithappen2021 cheers. Interesting you talk about the load on the system with everything running. I have 2 Garmin plotters and by the time you run a bait pump all day with then running and the boat only idling over, the engine batteries work hard! I only have a house battery for the National Luna fridge and that is charged by a 200w solar. I don’t have any other house batteries, so it’s all down to the engine batteries. The DC/DC charger is for the single 36v Lithium battery for my MinnKota. Keep up the great work with your vids.