Electric
A few people have been asking for product information about our electric plans. Bear in mind that this isn't yet fully implemented and certainly not proven by us. Also that our choice is to be fossil fuel free and live with the impacts. If it means we can&
Environmental
The weather changed our plans today, and kept changing them. We thought it was going to be wet most of the morning and then it wasn't. So we cracked on, then it become more and more clear that from late morning tomorrow is going to be very wet.
Progress
Today has been drier than forecast. So we have been getting on with hole related jobs. First I have turned the old fitting that held the stuffing box (the not quite waterproof, old fashioned way of sealing a propeller shaft) into a clean flange for a PSS Pro dripless seal.
Cooking
We like cheating how long a holiday feels by being able to leave the evening before. So I was working on Sunday but we were able to leave by 7pm. We were fortunate to beat the rain and get the van basically unpacked (food, clothing) and carried onto the boat
Progress
It is very wet in Wales this morning. So it is very nice that our refurbished hatches are not leaking. Plus we can see out through it and the cabin is getting a lot more light. The combination of no hatches or windows leaking plus them all being clear (the
Environmental
Some eagle eyed people might have spotted a new toy in the back of our van in the last post. Recently we were looking at the most environmentally safe way to remove the old anti-fouling paint. What we found is Peelaway Marine which sounds a lot better than the most
Plans
We can't easily fit a whole sheet of plywood in our van. To fit it has to be lifted at the front to rest on top of our headrests and then slope down to the back. It doesn't feel very safe and it doesn't
Progress
Today we refitted the hatch over the saloon. We have swapped it round so that the hinges are on the aft side. This way it should catch the breeze and bring more into the cabin (all 3 opening hatches had hinges at the front before - supposed to stop waves
Progress
It has taken all day to prepare our second hatch for refitting. It takes hours to get all the old sealants off from the base, from the lid and from the seal where the lid closes onto the base. To separate the lid I'd had to cut the
Progress
Update: now sold eBay auction goes live on Monday 3rd August at noon. Starting price only £2,000!!!!! See Details of Yanmar Diesel 3JH5E for sale for all the details. You can see back to when we lifted the engine out of Vida here, how we kept it boxed in
Progress
So I managed another Thursday off work :-) Two long days working on two projects. First priority, our two Canpa deck hatches, both have been leaking and both had very crazed acrylic so that you couldn't see out. Getting them off wasn't too difficult. The big
Environmental
So depending on how I feel in a moment it is painful or amusing or frustrating or sad or just ironic that the blog post to sell our Diesel engine is currently the most popular on Sustainable Sailing. It does highlight that for us, it is important to get afloat