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Ready for Friday #7
Arrived (very heavy rain enroute) and had a camping style meal. Despite all the very heavy rain very little inside the boat. Have come armed with Butyl tape to seal fittings and ready for more progress.
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Saturday plus
We stayed over into Saturday this week. Had a very comfy sleep in our aft cabin on the new mattresses. Saturday morning was a working party at the North West Venturers Yacht Club, we are new members so joined in clearing the car park, hedges, beach of litter and overgrown
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Composting toilet fits in aft head 😀
Still need to fit floor supports and a floor but a quick test shows that our Natures Head composting toilet fits in our stripped out aft head compartment with room for your feet with the door closed plus just enough headroom. Plenty of space for a small basin, holding tank
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Friday progress #6
Oop's should have been Friday 6 not 5! Today's progress comes in three areas: We've moved Or more accurately, we have been moved. A whole 30 metres or so. The boatyard have done a big reshuffle so that the big Sea Safari power catamarans
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Busy basting
We want to be able to sleep on our new mattresses on Friday night so we are burning the midnight oil finishing them. The infill and one side are complete. Other side is "basted" and Jane is just sewing the end of the stockinette up. Just got to
Electric
Project shopping
So I've been shopping. Hunting for cheapest options did mean several suppliers as I didn't want to buy unbranded, low quality components in safety critical areas (such as 600A switches). We now have most of the supplies for all the glassfibre work. Plus the majority of
Electric
The Electric Plan: Wiring
We were very fortunate to have a lot of help at the weekend from our son who is halfway through an HND in electrical engineering. So we now have a wiring diagram and all the technical details worked out for the solar charging, batteries, through to the inverters and to
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Midweek progress: Cushions
I just wanted to share with you the awesome progress that Jane is making on the cushions for the aft cabin. It has been a very steep learning curve with the new Sailrite sewing machine, plus making thins kind of cushion for the first time. The aft cabin is a
Environmental
Turkey changes seacock plans
So thanks to watching the Mother Ship Adrift YouTube channel I learnt that legislation in Turkey means that we would not be able to visit with our current seacock plans, Basically, they have banned discharging both grey and black waste and enforce it through inspections and documentation. See this RYA
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Our seacock plan: tending towards zero
I've written a massive post on seacocks already "Refurbish or replace: Seacocks?" Plus I made a video looking at the underwater features of Vida, in particular all the seacocks. As you may have seen in "Friday progress #5" we have now removed all 3
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Friday progress #5
Just a day visit, albeit with the help of one of our sons today. Plenty more progress to report. Masts Both masts were taken down yesterday by Byron from North Spar and ABC Powermarine. Byron has removed the old mainsail furling system that had been riveted to the mast. Ready
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Starting to sort out sailing
One of the key factors in Sustainable sailing and reduced fossil fuel use that we haven't written much about yet is the actual sailing. This is an area where there is a lot of work to do. Starting condition Fortunately, we have evidence that the standing rigging (that