Electric
Among sailors, diesel engines have become so ubiquitous that few seem to be able to imagine any alternative. Yet, of course, that hasn't always been the case. However, during my lifetime we have seen them steadily increasing in power and boats becoming more dependent on them, not just
Electric
Last weekend we have placed the first set of orders for what will become a complete Electric Motor system on Vida. We are going fully fossil fuel free as we just couldn't face the thought of spending money on an existing diesel system that is so against our
Cooking
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.
Environmental
This is worth watching. Sailors willing to turn their plans upside-down and venture into danger to support change and stand tall for responding to the Climate Emergency. Watch and cheer them on (knowing that they did succeed and Greta Thunberg was able to challenge world leaders at COP in Madrid)
Appliances
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
Electric
The sailing channels are full of amazing boats. What used to be the sailing magazines that my Dad would buy have been replaced by YouTube channels like Yachting World. Consistently they present, as if it were normal a world view that everyone will be buying a brand new boat and
Electric
As will be clear from many of our posts such as Zero Fossil Fuel Sailing and Electric Motor now or later we are against Diesel engines from a Sustainable view. And yes they fail on all aspects of Sustainable: * Environmentally: surely obvious! Fossil Fuels are incredibly destructive and we have
Appliances
This Yachting World article is heading in the right direction. Skippers’ tips: Bluewater sailing secrets of the million milers revealed Some key items such as reduced plastic and renewable energy get mentioned. I'm still desperate for them to connect the dots between all those parts and skills needed
Environmental
In the post "Towards getting afloat, from home" I wrote about the challenges finding an anti-fouling paint that isn't toxic. A few years ago there was a big switch to using copper to deter marine growth, however, the negative impact on marine life was largely ignored.
Environmental
We have been working pretty hard the last few days so have had a do nothing morning. But it has given some space for reflections and sharing. Aft Cabin Having a true aft cabin, one that is behind the cockpit rather than under it as on lots of more modern
Environmental
We spent a couple of hours yesterday trying to make detailed plans for the grey water waste system. It is very difficult to find much information on this, obviously our goals are not very common yet. I was quite shocked to find lots of people in discussions still advocating discharging
Cooking
Good progress today. Aft heads compartment is now ready to be painted. Last bits of old cupboards that were fibreglassed to the hull have been cut off. Whole compartment has been sanded. Got to a rough dry fit of the galley worktop with position of sinks and hob checked. Slight