Progress
No actual progress today (unless you count going into Bangor to update my phone contract and getting some food from Aldi). So instead a few random tips * If you are lazy, like us, and take washing up home to do in the dishwasher, then don't forget to bring
Progress
Wow, a dry day! So we made excellent progress on our cockpit drains. First, we fitted the TruDesign through hulls, which the TruDesign seacocks will screw onto. We have followed their advice and epoxied them in (so in theory they are as strong as the hull itself). We sanded back
Electric
Well not much progress today because we nipped home last night as our old Diesel engine was being collected today. The forecast had also helped make the decision with another storm coming through. So rain nearly all day for the time we were in Manchester, rain for the journey back
Progress
It has been collected :-)
Progress
Had a quiet day with another storm due tomorrow. So we didn't do much apart from rest and a nice gentle walk. The only thing job was to cut up as much of the wood that we have brought to make it easier to store. This is what
Appliances
I recently detailed where we are at with the Electric Motor, now for the domestic "House" side. The House power supply I have started building the battery box which will sit above the motor and motor batteries in the motor compartment. We have 4 x 120AH Lithium (LiFePo4)
Progress
So today we picked up a few jobs, none of which got completely finished. However, we did succeed with selling our Diesel engine (and have got paid this time!). First job was to create FR4 backing plates for the new seacocks (the TruDesign fittings need a minimum thickness which is
Progress
Having got the seacocks dry fitted we started on the top end of the new cockpit drains. Another scary job as we have had to cut the cockpit floor (removable section) and the supports for it. The shows marking out the cut in the cockpit floor which is where this
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Update: now sold Unfortunately our last attempt to sell our diesel engine on eBay was attacked by a scam and the buyer never paid. So it is for sale again on eBay This time with a starting price of £1,900 See Details of Yanmar Diesel 3JH5E for sale for
Progress
This morning was the scary task of making the new holes in the bottom of Vida (ironic given how much time was have spent filling old holes). Fortunately, the old raw seawater intake for the engine was positioned so that it is easier to access (not tangled up with the
Plans
So we have a clean and painted bilge below where the electric motor, batteries, motor controller, inverter, battery balancers etc are all going. Our "only" problem, before fitting everything, is that the bilge is gradually filling with water. There are currently quite a few sources of this, none
Progress
Today was another windy day, fortunately it had been quieter overnight so we had a better night's sleep. All the fibreglass that we did on the outside of the 11 holes yesterday had hardened nicely, no visible air bubbles. We are going to wait until we strip off
