Dyneema rigging
Our next video is live! We have finished splicing all 6 mizzen shrouds (technically 4 plus 2 forestays) plus the 2 running backstays as well as all 8 chainplate loops. Now all the shrouds & stays need to be stretched to tighten the splices where the weave was opened when
Dyneema rigging
So far today we have tensioned 6 of the 8 mizzen shrouds. All of them tensioned to at least 1,300kg and leaving them at over 1,000 for at least 15 minutes
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No video from us this week. Been too busy to do the edit and now we are with family all weekend. Meal with our youngest son last night, big birthday celebration today in London and then onwards to Cornwall for 3 nights visiting more family. Too many miles for our
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