Motor
Whoop whoop. Our electric motor is now in very close to the final position and ready for us to fit the brackets and motor mounts so that we can connect the drivetrain all the way to the propeller. That is still quite a lot of work and we do have
Cooking
Today we took the big step of drilling a hole through our new thrust bulkhead for the propeller shaft. Eventually, this hole will be significantly larger as the propeller shaft comes through it and ends inside the Aquadrive flexible coupling which gets bolted onto the forward side. At the moment
Cooking
We arrived yesterday evening and are here for a couple of nights. It is very cold! Snow in Manchester before we came, snow visible on the Snowdonia range. So, too cold to do any epoxy work. Fortunately, the two panel heaters and two fan heaters can keep the cabin nice
Generation
How about this solar powered achievement! Electric Boat Completes All-Solar Generated Cruise to Alaska that is really impressive. So much looking forward to seeing what we can achieve once we get to the solar part of our refit.
Motor
So I've just added the classic "Heavy Weather Sailing" 7th edition by Peter Bruce to our library. Very interested to note how well our choices fit with the various chapters: Chapter 1 on boat design could have taken the Rival range (although never mentioned) as a
Motor
We haven't gone to the boat this week. Jane had to work today (Covid cover) and I've got work tomorrow. However, I have been able to complete the repair of my pillar drill (satisfaction of mending tools). Having done the repair I went straight on to
Generation
On Saturday we managed a few jobs that are about as low as we can get. Water getting low in the wrong places During the heavy rain on Friday we discovered a key source of the water in the (very deep) bilge at the aft end of the keel. I&
Appliances
True to form we are going to be ripping out all the original instruments, after 44 years they are all well past their useful life. Both the speed and depth sensors used holes in the hull (and we are determined to minimise holes!). Nothing is connected to anything else and
Motor
Watch this Ruby Rose video to see another example of why Diesel engines are not a safety feature as some of their friends end up being towed by a lifeboat due to taking on dirty fuel. Even if you notice the problem still expensive additives and new filters needed.
Appliances
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
Environmental
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
Appliances
While we wrote Going 100% electric: the “house” after Going 100% electric: the Motor we had in fact made most of the decisions around the house electrical system before we made the decision that we would go straight to an electric motor instead of the diesel. Now we are thinking