Environmental
New video: "Are our views on Sustainability really shockingly controversial?"
Our new video has just gone live on YouTube! We have a conversation and are left wondering "Are our views on Sustainability really shockingly controversial?"
Dave Warnock
Dyneema rigging
Rain forcing changes to our plan
This week we were hoping to make real progress on the mizzen. Yesterday Jane managed 2 coats of primer on the repaired mast top and the main mast spreaders. Ever since then it has been raining on and off all the time. So we have moved to inside jobs. First
Safety
Video: Is our Mizzen base support strong enough?
We have released a new video: "Is our Mizzen base support strong enough?" Enjoy!
Dyneema rigging
New video out "DIY chainplates: Splicing, knotting and fitting"
This is how we make our dyneema chainplates. We are experimenting with moving our regular video release to Mondays as the upload is so much faster at home.
Dyneema rigging
Video: Stretching our DIY Mizzen Dyneema shrouds and chainplates
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
Tensioning our mizzen shrouds
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
Uncategorized
Family focused weekend
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
New video "What do we need to do to get our Mizzen Mast up?"
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
New Video: Prototyping our adjustable guardrail side solar panel supports
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
Prototype side solar panel adjustment
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
New video all about our sail plan
Our latest video is now live 😍 'Our new sail plan, converting to a cutter. new furlers, new sails etc"
Environmental
Bike trailer refurbishment and adaptations
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&