Motor
We are really enjoying watching the Vendee Globe (single handed, non stop, no outside assistance round the world race). Our key sources are the official website tracking and their YouTube Channel but we are also enjoying the content from Sea Wolves. The weather has clearly been unusual and fits with
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 a quick update on where we are at. The situation for Manchester is still chaos without agreement between the national and local governments regarding the level of lockdown we should be in. However, we are expecting to be more restricted soon (bearing in mind that Manchester has had it&
Motor
So I've started the cleaning up of our propeller shaft. It had some brown gunk (like a dried muddy residue from corrosion) but no rust of itself. However, in a number of places it has uncovered pitting. This seems to be concentrated on the bits that were just
Motor
Today, thanks to help from one of our sons, we got the motor in its frame onto the boat and into the motor compartment. That means we have been able to measure all the holes for the motor mounts and the holes to fit them to the brackets and the
Electric
At last the electric motor is in it's frame with reduction gear and extra bearing to support the coupling and Aquadrive connection. Just got to fit the motor mounts into the boat and drill the holes in the frame for them. That does mean 20 more holes in
Motor
One of the advantages of a boatyard with a 4G signal is that we could stay on and still fit in an AGM on zoom. So we managed to finish the cockpit drains. Well except that I ran out of the larger Jubilee clips. As you need 2 on each
Motor
The executive summary for today is: Not a lot :-) Again I needed to do some work this morning and then we felt we needed to take some rest this afternoon, especially after carrying lots of heavy stuff for the motor frame up the ladder. So we spent a few
Motor
So we arrived and were unpacked onto Vida just before midnight to be ready for the next Friday progress. This picture of our saloon floor is there as motivation to get the motor compartment completed enough to install the house battery bank.
Electric
I suppose the most significant progress is that we has a guest sleeping on board with us for the first time. Stephen, one of our sons, in our social bubble, joined us for the night. The saloon single berth got a good rating. Today, I ended up working for the
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
Electric
A few people have been asking for product information about our electric plans. Bear in mind that this isn't yet fully implemented and certainly not proven by us. Also that our choice is to be fossil fuel free and live with the impacts. If it means we can&