Dyneema rigging
Our latest video is published :-) Our next big task, one we need to do before winter, is to get our Mizzen mast up. We haven't touched it for a long while, so couldn't remember quite where we had got to and where everything was. Several
Generation
We have been fitting new carbon fibre stanchions with carbon fibre top rails where we are putting solar panels (4 x 175watt). Here we build prototype adjustable supports so that the panels can be dropped for docking, tilted to follow the sun or to avoid waves when heeling. Shout out
Environmental
Today I have the prototype adjustable supports for the first side solar panel working. Goes from vertical (folded away) to above horizontal. Lots more to do before a finished solution but this feels like real progress. Video out tomorrow (Saturday) morning all about this.
Sailing
Our latest video is now live 😍 'Our new sail plan, converting to a cutter. new furlers, new sails etc"
Environmental
In my post Bikes by boat I concluded that we are hoping to take two existing bikes. One is the Birdy folding bike, I've confirmed it's location below a big pile of "stuff". The other is Jane's Bish Bash Bosh which I&
Plans
A bit different this time.
Dyneema rigging
Today is our 36th Wedding Anniversary. As a beautiful gift Jane has spliced two more of the 6mm dyneema guardlines 😍
Safety
Enjoy
YouTube
We have just reached a mini milestone for our YouTube channel with 550 subscribers. Over the last month we have also seen the number of views approximately triple and the number of hours watched has more than doubled. Very exciting for us. We are planning to release a new video
Cooking
Adding an extremely critical shelf to the galley, should be just the right size for a weeks supply of coffee beans plus grinder, aeropress, filter papers, scale, measuring cup and water spray. Note the it's just resting in place at the moment which is why it's
Progress
Our latest video has just been released! "Our last Carbon fibre stanchions & fitting guard rails for side solar panels"
Environmental
This is close to my heart. When I asked the Methodist Church to take 5 years without appointment to sail about the world I specifically mentioned it as a goal to be good news for the, often remote, communities we want to visit. That definitely includes the regular features of