Cooking
I've been thinking about the relationship between these two concepts. Unfortunately, in my view, both concepts have been manipulated by unscrupulous businesses so that they have been undermined. Recently I saw an ad for composting coffee pods that drove that home for me. Coffee Pods have long been
Environmental
Amidst the dark days of the catastrophic response by the UK government to the Covid pandemic, the disaster that Brexit was always going to be, continues to unfold. Unsurprisingly, given the dire impact on so many industries, communities and individuals, little attention is being given for the implications for what
Appliances
Planning for live aboard cruising on a sailing boat presents particular challenges for one of the highlights of the day - especially if you are aiming for a sustainable life. Almost everything about the environment of sailing makes coffee a challenge, particularly: Availability, Space, Power, and Safety. Clearly we need
Environmental
So we have been found by Clean Sailors "Sailors who love the sea, mobilising the global sailing community in conservation of our oceans." #sailmightytreadlightly A not for profit organisation who are based in one of our favourite places: Falmouth (Cornwall). We look forward to being able to sail
Environmental
Today I found Sails and Canvas (in Topsham, Devon): Lifestyle products Made in Devon from recycled sails Absolutely brilliant! :-) We will have to sail to Topsham and on the way decide which of our many very old sails are past being usable for us so they can become great
Environmental
[Update] I have written a lot about Dyneema standing rigging so I now have a guide to it all in: Dyneema / Synthetic Rigging Summary[End Update] Until recently the answer would be: terrible. A "plastic" made with petrochemicals that can't be recycled. However, things are changing.
Electric
During the COVID-19 pandemic there have been plenty of YouTube Sailing channels talking about living Off-Grid and talking about their Sustainable lifestyles. However, the two are not the same. Sustainable living is well suited to being able to live off-grid but not all off-grid living is Sustainable. Off-Grid, for sailing
Appliances
Two recent examples have in equal measures frustrated and amused me. In their plans for Ruby Rose 2 Nick and Terysa have oodles of calculations but they appear to be aimed at justifying fitting large diesel engines because an all electric boat isn't possible. They seem to have
Dinghy
So we have a holiday, it being half-term, however, as Manchester is in a tier 3 Lockdown and Wales in a Firebreak, we are at home. It does mean we can take time not just to do jobs and study (including propeller shaft and RYA Yachtmaster course) but also time
Electric
Well not much progress today because we nipped home last night as our old Diesel engine was being collected today. The forecast had also helped make the decision with another storm coming through. So rain nearly all day for the time we were in Manchester, rain for the journey back
Environmental
The weather changed our plans today, and kept changing them. We thought it was going to be wet most of the morning and then it wasn't. So we cracked on, then it become more and more clear that from late morning tomorrow is going to be very wet.
Environmental
Some eagle eyed people might have spotted a new toy in the back of our van in the last post. Recently we were looking at the most environmentally safe way to remove the old anti-fouling paint. What we found is Peelaway Marine which sounds a lot better than the most