Plans
Today was beautiful weather and we were able to get the last coat of paint on both masts (at least for the moment) m We are not in a rush now to get the masts up. There is nothing to be gained by putting them up in the boatyard for
Plans
We already know we need to make significant changes to the floors of all parts of Vida. Some of the drivers for this are: * The aft cabin has been remodelled so that the original floors don't match the new shape of the aft heads or the storage under
Plans
Tuesday was the last day of our holiday and so was always going to be busy packing up all the tools and materials that we have been using for just over two weeks. However, our biggest decision and challenge was where do go next with the painting of our masts.
Dinghy
We used the excuse of wanting the mast epoxy primer to full cure before using the filler to go out in the Dinghy again. So a very, very early start (alarms off at 7:30am and straight out as soon as we could to catch the falling tide out to
Plans
With a beautiful day we had a nice slow morning with family and then got back to preparing our main and mizzen masts for painting (well we also washed the dinghy and equipment). We now have all the wiring out of the main mast. We have put messenger lines in
Dinghy
We have done a lot of thinking about our foredeck (mostly related to anchoring, sail plan and dinghy storage). During one of the lockdowns we did some thinking about how to use the forecabin beyond the anchoring plans in terms of layout. We checked a lot of those measurements when
Plans
Our first fully dry day for what seems like forever and what a difference it has made!! Our last work on the mast was in Slow progress preparing the Main mast for refurbishment, plus tangs continue Today the first task was to try to get the mast foot off. We
Cooking
Today (Saturday) was forecast to be heavy rain all day. So we started with a duvet morning which was very welcome. After lunch we did a shopping trip to Aldi. Then the only practical progress was to improve the double (pullman style) bed in the aft cabin. So the bed
Plans
Today it was time to start getting the mizzen mast prepared for the Dyneema Rigging. FR4 Tangs Jane got busy on carving the FR4 mast tangs. We need 8 (2 forestays, 2 cap shrouds, 2 lower shrouds, 2 running backstays). This was working with the basic "triangles" I
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
Plans
A very wet day yesterday and I had some work to do. So we didn't make any boat progress. Today with an uncertain forecast we have been doing some jobs inside. Jane has continued to coat the mizzen supports and bed headboard with epoxy. Should be ready to
Plans
Besides the actual work we have been sharing we are also trying to get everything ready for us to make real progress during our summer holiday on the boat. Just a couple of weekends to go. So we have been doing some buying and have to plan what we are