Plans
One of the advantages of doing a very full refit, which involves stripping out most systems and lots of stuff is that it becomes very time and cost effective to make changes that make jobs easier. When doing one small job after another, it often doesn't seem worthwhile
Plans
April was another record month on SustainableSailing with a 25% increase in views over March which was our busiest month so far. So we assume there are some new visitors (and an especially warm welcome to the new subscribers). With this in mind, and also with us being able to
Plans
Rather than returning to Friday updates I thought I'd share progress bu visits. Our first visit in 2021 was really just a checkup and a nicer place to work from. Last weekend we managed a couple of nights and made some real progress :-) Most of our progress
Plans
I've made some progress on where we want to end up in terms of a sail-plan that is efficient in a wide range of wind strengths and angles. I've also, hopefully, got to the point where we will be able to get sailing without having to
Plans
This is it. The final (at least the latest) design of our Dyneema, synthetic chainplate. A short recap on the background. * This is a Rival 38 Centre Cockpit Ketch (possibly the only one) * Currently we have the original Superstron (Bronze) chainplates * The chainplates are essentially an eyebolt with a flange
Plans
So about to go to bed for the second night aboard after a 6 month gap through a Welsh winter. We hadn't expected such a long gap. Back in October we were expecting Wales to restrict entry from Manchester but we hadn't expected the double restriction
Plans
One of the many lessons to learn from the horrors of the Covid-19 pandemic is that event the best laid plans might have to change, sometimes at short notice. That should be obvious for cruising sailors who have always had to adapt their plans according to the weather. However, much
Environmental
Very happy to see that March has been the first time that we have had more than 1,000 views in one month. That was over 420 visitors. Plus we now have 130 followers spread out between email, WordPress and social media. Good to see some consistent growth. So if
Plans
[Update] In the end we decided not to build chainplates that go through the hull. This is what we have ended up with Final Dyneema Chainplate design[End Update] This is a rewrite/reorganisation of this post (no diagrams yet) to, hopefully, make it clearer. I think this is our
Appliances
There are some things that (nearly) all Sailing Channels on YouTube have in common. One is the significant costs in time, money and hassle of maintaining Diesel Engines. Another is the pain of laundry, that is one I want to look at again. I'm going to group the
Plans
Last night we decided to make some plans for where we want to cruise when we start living aboard after retirement in a few years time, after all that was the goal right from the beginning of this journey with Vida and Sustainable Sailing. I will be writing those dreams
Plans
So this follows on from our thoughts about Scandinavia since we have been inspired by the YouTube channels who have been there, including the need to burn diesel to stay warm, despite our aims of being at, or close to Zero Carbon footprint sailing. It takes into account the restrictions