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I'm working tomorrow so no day off this week. Instead we have come down for the evening as we need to check a few measurements so progress can be made at home. Hoping this is going to be a triumph. Put vegetables and soaked cannelloni beans in our
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So we now have some of the key parts for our, all new plumbing. As we are not very confident in this area we are buying things gradually so that we can can get the installation fully planned without buying anything unnecessary. The galley sinks have arrived. Made of a
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Another change today is that we finished clearing out the chart table and so we have now moved our galley there for the moment. Much easier than the middle of the saloon.
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Got fed up with mopping the leaks from the windows and hatches in our aft cabin this weekend. So put in place a temporary solution. Anyway, good progress made. All 8 seacocks from the 2 heads compartments and the galley have been removed ready to be filled. Good to see
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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
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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
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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
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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 :-)