Plans
Big announcement coming
We have been hinting at a big announcement. Well the video is uploaded and will be public at 10am BST tomorrow (Saturday) morning :-)
Latest
Environmental
This is why Sustainable Sailing is needed
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
Another FR4 joint for carbon fibre tubes started
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
New video: Crazy Sustainability? Old two stroke outboard
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
Some progress on a wet day
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
Decision time about our DIY carbon fibre stanchions
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
More fossil fuel compromises (generator & outboard)
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
Environmental
Bikes by boat
A very long time ago I wrote Sustainable Sailing and Human Power with a simple conclusion: By far the most cost effective and transformative use of human power in Sustainable Sailing is a bike with a trailer. A good rowing dinghy (probably in addition to a RIB) comes second. For
Cooking
Fitting DIY Carbon fibre stanchions and new galley progress
Check out our new video We get our first stanchion base ready to fit. Making more progress towards carbon-fibre stanchions with fully sealed decks. Also progress on the galley painting, insulation, worktops, fiddles and more. A complete replacement of the original 47 year old galley. Oh, and we fixed some
Cooking
More visible galley progress
We can really see how the galley will look and work. The cooker box is ready for painting. It even has a sliding bolt to hold it steady when we don't need it gimbled. We have stainless steel tubes coming to fit as sleeves to protect the wood
Electric
Stanchion and Solar progress
We are really excited with the progress on our stanchions and what we have learnt means we have redesigned our aft solar "arch" yet again (I've lost count, this might be the 10,000th version). Stanchions and Gates This was our first stanchion base. The carbon
Cooking
Galley progress
We have made lots of good progress on the galley this weekend. First Jane has painted the insulated hull plus the bulkhead. B&Q kitchen and bathroom paint (Whistler for the main areas and Monaco for the highlights). We then dry fitted the sink worktop. As we did so