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One of less pleasant things we originally found on the boat, when we bought her, were some incontinence pads. We thought they were there to catch water from leaks (we found that mostly these were from the windows, but also some from mooring cleats and other deck fittings). However, I&
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We have been using a Nature's Head composting toilet on Vida since September 2019. We liked it enough to add a second in November 2019. Our experience has ranged from them being abandoned (after use) for 6 months during lockdown through weekend use by two people and upto
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No, I'm not being subtle here :-) Our experience from the beginning of our project on Vida has included uncovering a number of hidden dangers. In our case that included being close to having paraffin leaking into the engine compartment. This can of fuel (for the heating system)
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Very happy to see that March has been the first time that we have had more than 1,000 views in one month. That was over 420 visitors. Plus we now have 130 followers spread out between email, WordPress and social media. Good to see some consistent growth. So if
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There are some things that (nearly) all Sailing Channels on YouTube have in common. One is the significant costs in time, money and hassle of maintaining Diesel Engines. Another is the pain of laundry, that is one I want to look at again. I'm going to group the
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In Our Scandinavian challenges part 1 I covered the time/permission complications of getting to spend time in the fantastically beautiful (and remote) parts of Scandinavia and the Baltic given the impact of Brexit. I ended with "In part 2 I’ll look at the other key challenges these
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For a while now we have been watching YouTube Videos that have made us want to sail the Norwegian Atlantic coast and visit some of the thousands of islands and Fjords, we have also long fancied visiting the Baltic. Particularly: * Juho with Alluring Arctic has spent two years spent entirely
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Following our post Transforming waste with DIY Plastic recycling we have made some progress. Our son is going to build-up the machines we need and get the processes for shredding and injection moulding sorted for us. That will include getting some products built for sale with Sustainable Sailing branding. The
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We watch a lot of Sailing channels on YouTube, watch boat reviews and boats for sale as well as reading lots of articles. So as we look at so many different boats the questions comes to mind: Do we feel Boat Envy? Or if we were choosing again would we
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I recently found this product: The AnchorRescue II which looks like an excellent option for being able to trip your anchor if needed without all the problems of using a traditional trip-line to a buoy (tangles, other people picking it up etc). It is good that it is a 2nd
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In a number of my Dyneema rigging posts I've referred to using HDPE to reduce friction and chafe where dyneema comes into contact with the mast or the deck. I'd found a straightforward supply of HDPE as rods and sheets at Direct Plastics. However, we have
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I have written a lot on rigging your boat with Dyneema and thought it was about time I provided a overall guide to what I've written. So I'm going to try to give a coherent guide to what we have explored so far. First, the obvious