Environmental
Our #TeamSeas video
Had to learn a lot more detail about rendering to get this one ready to upload. Anyway now available, enjoy, like, comment, subscribe and share :-)
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Another stormy day outside
In fact there has been so much rain that when we did leave the boat to use the clubhouse facilities our ladder was standing in a bit of a lake and we had to paddle. Despite this we decided to clear the port side of the saloon to improve the
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Another Boat Refit Tips video, on headlinings
We have just published another video.
Appliances
Mixed bag progress
Today was definitely another no outside jobs day. So we went to Aldi in the morning and got soaked as we came out. In the afternoon we worked on different things. Dyneema Chainplates Jane started learning Dyneema splicing and after a practice, she produced our first real Mizzen chainplate: This
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Calm amidst the wind
Today is a deliberately slow day, a chance for us to do not a lot, mostly staying in our cozy cabin while the wind rages outside. Mostly Beaufort force 6 gusting to force 8 according to the Met Office. We did have a look at the bow roller, the dry
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Boat refit tips episode 2: Cooking
Our next video is now available on YouTube. This is our 7th video on less than 4 weeks. Hope you enjoy it.
Environmental
Does fly paper work?
Yes! Three strips of fly paper in the wheelhouse, all this full. Plus there were hundreds dead and dying all around them that I was able to vacuum up. Surely we must be close to solving this problem.
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Refreshed look
Thanks to the wonderful help (again) of our friend Jules we have new branding imagery on our YouTube channel. I think it looks great. I've also updated the display of videos on the channel homepage and the text on the About page. This is really a bit of
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Bow roller getting to dry fit
Our next video is now on YouTube as we get to dry fit the new Bow Roller (biggest Rival Bow Roller in the world?). We even have Subtitles/Closed Captions this time. As we create new videos we are basically working at developing three playlists at the moment: * Boat Refit
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Two free upgrades to improve our blog and videos
I've just upgraded to the latest version of Ubuntu namely 21.10 Impish Indri. As always a simple, automatic and fast process that gives me new versions of nearly all the software I use, all for free. I think I've been using Ubuntu for around 15
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Trying to seal from little friends
Before leaving this evening I used some cheap sealant to try to block the ends of the aluminium tubes that support the wheelhouse roof. The flies seem to use them a lot. I've also resealed where the electric cable currently goes into the cabin (when we switched to
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Good progress on our bow roller
This morning we did some grinding and sanding. The new Bow Roller now fits beautifully. This afternoon we have epoxied in the last support for the new aft pad of the Bow Roller. Next visit we can smooth all around this, paint and fit the bow roller.