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Easter gifts
Easter is coming soon. Jane is selling cute things to put treats in, especially suitable for little ones. There are chicks and bunnies. Hope you like them. Chick bags Bunny bags
Dave Warnock
Cooking
Slow Galley progress
We seem to spend a lot of time moving stuff around the boat to get it out of the way for jobs or meals or sleeping. Then lots of time working things out and planning. Plus I had to buy a full sheet of marine plywood and very carefully bring
Plans
Galley refit (again)
After 4 years of our temporary galley we are almost at clean sheet of paper time but with lots of learning. The main worktop with sinks is going back in. But will be trimmed to a straight front edge. The support for the front edge will include a fiddle and
Progress
Stuffed
Well all our stuff (excluding tools) is on board for half term holiday. We haven't yet worked out where we can fit 🤣
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Valentine's Day Cards
Jane has got all romantic and produced a few special handmade Valentine's day cards with a picture of our anchor and the text "You are my anchor". Apparently I'm not allowed to buy one for my Valentine but you can. Buy in our Ko-fi
Plans
Interior plan updates
Insulation We have slightly adjusted our plans for insulating the hull, under deck and inside of the cabin top. We are still fitting sheets of 40mm closed cell xps foam. However, as this will not be a tight fit to the hull we are going to build on the example
Progress
New shop is live!
We have a new shop where Jane is selling her beautifully crafted sewing projects as well note cards featuring her embroidered designs. The shop is at https://ko-f.com/sustainablesailing and is still in the early stages, lots more to come. As an incentive to join our regular supporters all
Cooking
Small leak fix grows into let's do everything
This weekend we arrived determined to tackle the leaks in the port side deck that we found in the storms around the new year. We have holes from old deck cleats that we removed when fitting the chainplate backing plates. We hadn't got around to properly filling them.
Electric
9 inspiring years
Sailing Uma have put out a video celebrating and summarising 9 years since they bought Uma. They are one of the most inspiring couples around so if you haven't seen them before this would be a great place to start.
Motor
Electric motor and drive train progress
Whoop whoop. Our electric motor is now in very close to the final position and ready for us to fit the brackets and motor mounts so that we can connect the drivetrain all the way to the propeller. That is still quite a lot of work and we do have
Cooking
Drivetrain progress
Today we took the big step of drilling a hole through our new thrust bulkhead for the propeller shaft. Eventually, this hole will be significantly larger as the propeller shaft comes through it and ends inside the Aquadrive flexible coupling which gets bolted onto the forward side. At the moment
Plans
22 months to go: Thinking about next steps
At the end of July 2025 we will move our home onto Vida full-time, just 22 months to go! My appointment as a Methodist Minister in Wythenshawe, Manchester will finish and hence we have to move out of the house we are currently living in. So at 60 years old