Generation
We are making progress despite the weather, which is typical for a North Wales summer in an era of climate change (ie wetter, windier and warmer just as predicted for decades). We now have all 3 of the guardlines fitted to the forward port side. I'm going to
Safety
A long road trip for our 8 year old Nissan Leaf today. Started before 4am. But worth it for a nearly finished Hebridean Wind Vane self steering kit. Works out at nearly half price by the time the extras are included. And by long i mean a total of about
Dyneema rigging
Today we fitted our first guardline to our carbon fibre stanchions. It's on the port side from the forward side of the gate to the pulpit. We are using 6mm dyneema and as our stanchions are very high we are fitting 3 lines. We may well have to
Cooking
This is nearly where I started today. The side supports for the sloping part of the cupboard behind the cooker box were already screwed and glued in. I had also scraped away the excess foaming glue. First job was the aft side piece. Due to the alignment with the upright
Plans
Check out our new video on YouTube 😊 So was it a surprise or had we completely given it away already?
Plans
We have been hinting at a big announcement. Well the video is uploaded and will be public at 10am BST tomorrow (Saturday) morning :-)
Environmental
From: Dr. Katharine Hayhoe@kathhayhoe@fediscience.org Climate Scientist, Professor @ Texas Tech, Chief Scientist @ The Nature Conservancy, UN Champion of the Earth, author of Saving Us. Climate change is loading the weather dice against us. A warmer climate means warmer oceans. Think about it this way: If you take a
Progress
I've started the next carbon fibre joint. This is for the port side aft gate brace. Slightly different this time as I'm building it in place a bit at a time because both the stanchion and the brace are now permanently epoxied into place. I'
Dinghy
We are preparing for a first UK winter living aboard at anchor. Getting ashore has been a concern. Our ePropulsion electric outboard is great in many ways but has limited range & speed plus we probably won't get enough solar power to charge it. So this is a
Appliances
It's been raining almost all day and for the first week of our "Summer" holiday it looks like it will rain every other day. At the moment we are using dry days to work on the stanchions and guard lines which will lead to tackling the
Progress
We have been working with the assumption that our stanchions should be removable. Thinking about it that's probably because nearly all the stainless steel ones we see are in two parts. The base with a socket for the stanchion to drop into. As we have been fitting ours
Dinghy
As we get closer to living on Vida and our first winter living aboard will be at anchor during a UK winter. The reality of the limitations of solar power generation during a UK winter continues to be a concern. It was always obvious, that without an electric shore power