Progress
One of the jobs that we have from the survey is to repair the rudder headstock. He had identified that a couple of screws needed replacing. So, after removing the aft cabin headlining, we decided to tackle this while the cabin was empty. The Rival has a really sophisticated, best
Progress
It is good that our bed in the aft cabin is so comfy, except it does mean we stay asleep in the morning 😁 However, once the tea (Jane) and coffee (Dave) had kicked in, we got started on emptying the aft cabin. Fortunately, we have kept the saloon fairly empty.
Progress
Everytime we sleep on Vida things are a bit more comfortable. One reason is that despite it being winter and raining lots the inside is still drying out. A key factor is of course the new windows which have proved completely watertight. Removing the headling from the cabin sides as
Cooking
So we have arrived, getting ready for Fri jobs, but starting with food 😁 New galley worktop in use, much more spacious than our temporary solution on the chart table. Another multi-cooker concoction tonight (using a weird cheap Szechuan Sweet Chilli sauce with sweet potato, carrots, aduki beans and peanuts)
Progress
I mentioned plans for an inner forestay and reusing old headsails in my last post "Progress on Sails". So I've checked the oldest headsail. At this point not sure if this will work as anything but a learning exercise. So just been removing old, very worn
Progress
Our progress towards maximising the sailing potential of Vida took a few steps forward this weekend. A reminder that so far we have been doing the following: * Masts down (see this post) * Old furling gear removed and work started on the masts (see here for details of the work Northspar
Electric
As will be clear from many of our posts such as Zero Fossil Fuel Sailing and Electric Motor now or later we are against Diesel engines from a Sustainable view. And yes they fail on all aspects of Sustainable: * Environmentally: surely obvious! Fossil Fuels are incredibly destructive and we have
Cooking
Whoo hoo
Cooking
Yippee! Galley worktop with sinks is now fixed in place. Will do the epoxy surface when we are here for a bit longer so we can keep the cabin warm for over 24 hours for it to cure. I've tested and it holds my full weight without creaking
Cooking
Very pleased we have managed to fit the undermount sinks to the worktop. Bit of a race to get all the bolts on before the sealant set, fortunately it is January in North Wales so things don't set very quickly. Currently we have rails on 3 sides of
Progress
We now have cushions in the saloon. No backrests yet so using our pillows. Very pleased with how they look, also first 5 minutes have been nice and comfy 😁
Cooking
I've never had a real workshop, but currently we have a garage accessible from the house where with a big of moving stuff around I can have a reasonable workspace. So tonight my meeting was very short (Scout Group Executive Committee) so I decided to make some more
