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
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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&
Plans
New video: Inspired by @SailingUma our NOOK++ plans for our boat refit
A bit different this time.
Dyneema rigging
My Wedding Anniversary present
Today is our 36th Wedding Anniversary. As a beautiful gift Jane has spliced two more of the 6mm dyneema guardlines 😍
Safety
New video side solar progress
Enjoy
YouTube
YouTube milestone reached
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
Building the most important galley shelf - for coffee
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