Ready or Not, Annapolis! Here Comes Our DIY Solar Catamaran.

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:00:17 +0000

☀️Welcome back to Sol Seeker! The new “book in our series” called life has officially begun. We completed what’s known as the Swedish Death Cleanse by selling nearly everything we own, and moving aboard our salvaged, half-sunk 37-foot Prout Snowgoose Elite catamaran as our new full time home.

We’ve permanently shed the mast and rigging to transform her into the first iteration of a 100% solar-electric liveaboard cruiser—ready to take on the 6,000-mile journey of America's Great Loop!

In Season 2, Episode 5, Lezlie & Jason make it deep into the Chesapeake Bay as they continue their Great Loop adventure aboard their upcycled solar-electric cruiser. The Virginia state flag gives way to Maryland as the experiences keep stacking up. They survive a dangerous storm that through thunder, lightning, hail, tornadoes, waterspouts, heavy rains and strong winds at them. Annapolis lives up to its reputation in more ways than one but is the sailing capital of the world ready for a salvaged, demasted 100% solar powered catamaran? Finally, our two voyagers welcome a YouTube phenom aboard to critique their DIY efforts to make something entirely new from something abandoned.

Chapters
1️⃣ 1:08 Bity on the Chesapeake

2️⃣ 7:43 Terrifying Tilghman Island

3️⃣ 12:54 Taking on Annapolis

4️⃣ 16:10 Loopy Cup

5️⃣ 22:19 Over to Magothy

6️⃣ 23:25 Wayne the Boat Guy

👉 We hope you’ll follow along as we seek to catch the sun, and do cool things with us!

Please share your thoughts with a comment or more and come along for the ride.

Special Thanks
Wayne the Boat Guy: https://www.youtube.com/@WayneTheBoatGuy
What an amazing time you showed us Wayne & Karen! From playing Amazon delivery specialist to hosting us for an incredible dinner and taking time to get to know each other. It was truly a blessing to connect and share stories.

William Ball:
It was so fun connecting at the Tangier Island dock. Couldn’t resist sharing your beautiful boat in this episode. Once that breeze kicked in, y’all were GONE. Fair winds friend.

Randy Cain:
We really enjoyed meeting IRL. Your impressive boat is already an example for so many. Can’t wait to buddy boat someday. Think about it, we could actually charge each others boats if we needed to and how cool is that! Still can’t believe the storm that broke out right after you left the boat.