Progress
Found a gap in the rain to take the cushions off so Jane can finish them at home. But the boatyard is a bit flooded. More heavy rain forecast for the rest of the day. Only here til 4pm today as we have a social event this evening 😊 Wind is
Progress
So we tested our new foam mattresses in the aft cabin last night. We wanted to see how they fit before Jane puts the covers on. So we just slipped them into duvet covers. They are brilliant. Really comfy and much warmer. Plus as they fit the exact shape the
Progress
Jane is busy making the cushions for the aft cabin (our bedroom). She "invested" in the cheapest electric carving knife available to cut the foam. It works but after every 10 minutes of cutting it needs a half hour rest to cool down. So we won't
Electric
In my previous "The Electric Plan" I haven't mentioned "Shore Power" (ie plugging your boat into a mains power supply when in a marina). The reason is simple. We don't plan to have a shore power connection. There are several, fairly obvious
Environmental
Just a quick thought about the wider picture from my earlier post about aiming towards using zero fossil fuels on Vida. This has to be part of a bigger picture and one of the beautiful things that a sailing boat does is bring that bigger picture to a more human,
Appliances
Goal The goal for the environmental element of Sustainable Sailing has to be a zero use of any fossil fuel, at least for energy when using the boat. I don't think we will be there in terms of all inputs for a long time yet (zero fossil fuel
Environmental
So we are going to be doing some repairs on the hull to fill in holes where we remove Seacocks (the number we remove is still up for debate). Boats like ours were built with Polyester Resins and glassfibre. However, we plan to generally use Epoxy resins for repairs (stronger,
Cooking
This isn't really about sustainability but this pair of videos by Ryan and Sophie were good fun to watch. I'm not putting catching Octopuses high on our priority list :-)
Electric
So in my last post on Introduction to generation I outlined the options and challenges for renewable energy generation and concluded that we were going to start with solar. This video from Desiree and Jordan, Project Atticus, has been helpful. Like us they have a ketch (although smaller) which means
Electric
This is probably the most important element of the electric picture. If we have to generate electricity using fossil fuels then all we have done is move the fossil fuel from one source and time to another. On the other hand if the electricity that we store comes from renewable
Environmental
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Electric
Our Electric cooking plan and the need to charge our Electric Outboard (plus other projects) has made it obvious that we will need a big house battery bank. On boats there are typically separate battery banks for engine starting and domestic/house purposes. The intention being that even if you
