Motor
So I've started the cleaning up of our propeller shaft. It had some brown gunk (like a dried muddy residue from corrosion) but no rust of itself. However, in a number of places it has uncovered pitting. This seems to be concentrated on the bits that were just
Motor
Today, thanks to help from one of our sons, we got the motor in its frame onto the boat and into the motor compartment. That means we have been able to measure all the holes for the motor mounts and the holes to fit them to the brackets and the
Electric
At last the electric motor is in it's frame with reduction gear and extra bearing to support the coupling and Aquadrive connection. Just got to fit the motor mounts into the boat and drill the holes in the frame for them. That does mean 20 more holes in
Progress
We haven't gone to Vida this week. Jane is busy on an essay and has first aid training. So I got some work on done on the extension to the motor frame. This is to support the 400mm length of shaft that connects to the aquadrive. That has
Progress
So we decided it was about time we made some temporary improvements to our comfort as it is getting colder, especially when there is a North wind (colder and blows straight into the cockpit from behind). So we have repurposed a sheet of the shuttering board, that we had boxed
Progress
With winds from the North and arriving late on Thursday in the wet it was a pretty cold boat to arrive to. So we are not ready for the major upheaval of removing the bulkhead between the aft cabin and the motor compartment. It will make our cabin a bit
Motor
One of the advantages of a boatyard with a 4G signal is that we could stay on and still fit in an AGM on zoom. So we managed to finish the cockpit drains. Well except that I ran out of the larger Jubilee clips. As you need 2 on each
Motor
The executive summary for today is: Not a lot :-) Again I needed to do some work this morning and then we felt we needed to take some rest this afternoon, especially after carrying lots of heavy stuff for the motor frame up the ladder. So we spent a few
Motor
So we arrived and were unpacked onto Vida just before midnight to be ready for the next Friday progress. This picture of our saloon floor is there as motivation to get the motor compartment completed enough to install the house battery bank.
Progress
So we had an extra day this week. The house battery bank box got the last bits coated in epoxy. I finished the vertical posts that the corridor and cockpit sides will fasten to. These got coated in epoxy and fastened in with thickened epoxy. They will also support the
Electric
I suppose the most significant progress is that we has a guest sleeping on board with us for the first time. Stephen, one of our sons, in our social bubble, joined us for the night. The saloon single berth got a good rating. Today, I ended up working for the
Plans
Just eating a black eyed bean curry from our multi cooker. Then heading home. The cockpit floor is fitted, the main drain hoses are test fitted. We just need some hose adapters 32mm to 50mm and then we can connect the forward drains. With very straight 50mm drains the cockpit
