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Continuing from Cabin Refurbishment: Part 3 Interior Theme and Style Plans so far (layout and technical) We really love the overall layout of Vida with the small, safe, protected centre cockpit that allows for an aft cabin accessible from the main cabin and two heads compartments. However, there are a
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Continuing from Cabin Refurbishment: Part 1 the story so far and what is delaying us. I'm going to generalise and say there are four main approaches to the interior of older yachts. The Minimal: don't change anything, don't fix anything that isn't
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At least being at home we have had time to come up with ideas, even if we don't have all the dimensions available to fully complete them :-) So we have come up with an idea to extend our galley while giving a nod to a classic Rival
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With the our commitment to Zero fossil fuel sailing we have been having to review and update our initial Solar plan. Designing our Solar Arch has been part of that. The traditional "passive" approach to solar is not going to work for us. By that I mean the
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Jane is still busy insulating the aft cabin. Cutting the last piece now. The underside of the side decks (which have various bolts coming through) are very wet where there isn't a wood soffit. We are leaving these for now as we are not sure if it is
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After a long morning working on the aft cabin we started the preparation for removing the engine. It is one of those jobs that takes ages without seeing any progress. However, we have detached all the hoses (fuel, cooling, exhaust, domestic water heating) and electronics. We have also removed the
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No Friday working on Vida this week as I'm working. But we have been making progress spending money, some bits take quite a while to work out and source so very happy with these.
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Now that we are confident that our multi-cooker is going to be part of our galley it opens some extra options. So in December we joined a group making bulk purchases from a co-operative, vegetarian wholesaler. Our best bargain was a 10kg (paper) bag of dried chickpeas. We've
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So we have arrived, getting ready for Fri jobs, but starting with food 😁 New galley worktop in use, much more spacious than our temporary solution on the chart table. Another multi-cooker concoction tonight (using a weird cheap Szechuan Sweet Chilli sauce with sweet potato, carrots, aduki beans and peanuts). Again
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Whoo hoo
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Yippee! Galley worktop with sinks is now fixed in place. Will do the epoxy surface when we are here for a bit longer so we can keep the cabin warm for over 24 hours for it to cure. I've tested and it holds my full weight without creaking
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Very pleased we have managed to fit the undermount sinks to the worktop. Bit of a race to get all the bolts on before the sealant set, fortunately it is January in North Wales so things don't set very quickly. Currently we have rails on 3 sides of