01/11/2026
The upgrades are nearly complete and I’m starting to look back upon why I bit off all of this work on the first place. Here is why:
There are three things that would ruin your sail charter in my opinion:
1. Motors not working and not being able to leave the dock. Yes, I’ve actually heard of this and I cannot believe that someone would let their guests aboard a charter and then say “sorry, we are unable to untie from the dock.” I’m sure this is a rare circumstance and if the story didn’t come from a guest who I really like and respect I would have thought it was made up.
Nevertheless, we would never let our motors get to this state if dis-repair.
2. Having to worry about water consumption or worse yet still having to go to a dock in order to refill water tanks instead of being off the grid with a water maker.
Have no fear, after this summer NADIYA is equipped with THREE (yes you read that right, x3 desalination systems) capable of producing 150 gallons of water per hour when operating at full capacity.
Redundancy, redundancy, redundancy.
3. Last but arguably most important, Air Conditioning.
This one is what kept me up at night the last two seasons. November - March you can get by without A/C, but honestly it’s so much more pleasant to sleep with it.
I know that many sailing purists will say that you “don’t go out on the water to have air conditioning”, but I totally disagree.
Our trips are supposed to be a total reset. This means good food, good vibes and most importantly good sleep! NADIYA should not feel like “roughing it” at all and if it ever does I encourage the feedback to make it better!
Instead of just updating the system, I did something a little bit crazy. I installed an entire secondary air conditioning system in the four main cabins.….
If my numbers are correct, will be able to operate all night WITHOUT RUNNING THE GENERATOR OVER NIGHT. (Thanks to the updated battery bank)
If you’ve been on a charter boat and slept next to the gen-set you know how big of a deal this is.
I will be posting more updates soon, i can’t wait to share all of the upgrades!!!!