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
Appliances
Sailing SV Delos is one of the big, successful YouTube channels. We have just been watching a series on their electric setup after they switched to Lithium batteries and induction cooking a year ago. They have been sailing around the world for more than 10 years in a much larger
Environmental
We very much enjoy watching Sierra and Billy's youtube channel "Tula's Endless Summer" this particular video of them preparing to sail from St Croix to Grenada emphasised the difference we hope the investment in Sustainable Sailing will make. In particular there are three Sustainable
Cooking
After the gentle start, we have made more progress. Biggest job was to finish cutting out the old galley, especially the fridge. Now almost done, just the expanded foam to scrape away. Despite trying to protect the rest of the cabin from the dust it got everywhere. Because the plastic
Environmental
Thanks to Greta Thunburg good article and important for people to be educated about the challenges.
Electric
A quiet and gentle start today after a busy week. First job has been to fit our 2nd Radiant wall panel heater. This is 320 Watts and is in the main cabin (no printed image at the moment). Again using a radio thermostat and timer that controls the 13 amp
Progress
Just arrived before midnight to strong winds and some rain. Delighted to find NO LEAKS. Great to see that some of the filler and timber that was previously very black above the chart table has now changed colour dramatically as it has been drying out. Anyway, time for bed 😊
Appliances
We have made a few key decisions and ordered a few parts. Worktop, sinks and plumbing Worktop First up was to decide what to build the new worktop from. We were attracted by the Solid Surface worktops. However, we realised that we were going to be talking well over £500
Cooking
As is probably obvious, there is no Friday progress this week and that is because we didn't get a day off to go to Vida this week (I had a funeral on Friday). We did get a little research progress. One thing we are looking at is an
Safety
I really enjoy the videos like this from Erik Aanderaa, his equipment choices are well thought out. He can appear crazy for choosing to go sailing in storms. But his videos are brilliant in demonstrating that with the right equipment, attitude and skills it is safe and achievable. We want
