Cooking
This update will make a lot more sense if you know that on a sailing boat the kitchen is called the galley 😁 So far all we had done was take out the condemned cooker. Now I'm starting a much bigger project. As with the two head compartments the
Environmental
We now have our Natures Head composting toilet in the aft heads compartment. New floor fitted. All needs sanding and painting, then we can add basin and holding tank to be able to move onwards. When we get onto the grp work to fill the seacocks I'll also
Cooking
So we have been disconnecting the old switch panel (replacement will be in a different place). Behind it we now have full access to the steering rods so the parts that have been inaccessible for 42 years can be checked. This will allow us to create more storage and a
Progress
Last week Vida was moved back in the boatyard and now the first Seacoast Safari catamaran has been lifted out of the water and placed where we were. This is very convenient as she gives us a protected workspace for cutting sheets of ply before bringing them on board. Oh
Progress
So as we make plans and do the jobs we are trying to juggle quite a few things. There are 3 key milestones: * Spring 2020 launch for use including our summer holiday * Early summer in probably 2022 for my 3 month sabbatical with dreams of Malta and back * Sometime later,
Progress
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.
Progress
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
Progress
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
Progress
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
Progress
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
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
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
