Cooking
A few more things that it felt good to achieve yesterday. No picture but together we were able to properly fit and tighten the new bolts holding the steering gearbox to the bulkhead. Play in the steering, unsurprisingly massively reduced now that gearbox isn't flopping around. Also progress
Progress
Whoo Hoo 😊 Very tight to get it but just managed 👍
Appliances
I'm working tomorrow so no day off this week. Instead we have come down for the evening as we need to check a few measurements so progress can be made at home. Hoping this is going to be a triumph. Put vegetables and soaked cannelloni beans in our
Appliances
I'm not writing about IT or programming here (although there can be similar problems). By this I'm thinking of Single Point of Failures (SPOF) and taking that a bit further. By SPOF I mean the danger of one item failing and causing a cascade of failures.
Electric
So I've started building the new battery box at home. So far just a dry assembly. All the timber will be sanded and epoxy coated before using epoxy to glue as well as screws. Apart from the plywood base (left over from settee bases) the rest of the
Appliances
Going to be slow today partly because I'm on my own (Jane is struggling with a bad cold) and the weather isn't going to be great. Quite a lot of rain forecast and I really wanted to use the table saw to build the battery box.
Sailing
We were just watching a YouTube video about a couple preparing for this year's ARC (Atlantic Rally for Cruisers). They will currently be on their way across the Atlantic. Several hundred boats sailing from The Canaries to St Lucia in an organised event. Happens every year starting on
Sailing
There are now so many sailing YouTube channels producing really great content that I doubt we are going to even try to compete :-) We will continue to add a few YouTube videos to our channel but, especially at the moment, actually getting the jobs done takes a far higher
Appliances
So we now have some of the key parts for our, all new plumbing. As we are not very confident in this area we are buying things gradually so that we can can get the installation fully planned without buying anything unnecessary. The galley sinks have arrived. Made of a
Progress
As a quick fix for warmth and to protect the original floor I've fitted the foam tiles available for car boots. Just had enough for the aft cabin and corridor. Meanwhile, Jane has been painting the forward heads with white bilge paint above the waterline, and grey below.
Electric
We only made it to Vida in time for our evening meal yesterday. Fortunately, a free Saturday means we are still able to make some progress. First, I had assembled my new table saw at home. So I was able to cut up a full sheet of 12mm plywood and
Environmental
A few updates from late night chats and planning. Mooring We now have a mooring, a place to keep Vida afloat during the season. The process of getting a mooring is complicated by the lack of any clear, documented, standard process. Anyway we found one through the North West Venturers
