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
Progress
Jane is very happy with this: Wow! Lovely new fabric for our boat cushions and curtains. A bargain from Emmaus South Manchester who are at St Andrew's Methodist Church in Wythenshawe. 25m of fabric in total :-)
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
Progress
We have arrived at Vida for our first visit for almost exactly 6 months. Lockdown restrictions have eased enough for us to both get out of Manchester and be allowed into Wales. Only problem is that our duvet and pillows were are very mouldy. We would never have left them
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
Environmental
Following our post Transforming waste with DIY Plastic recycling we have made some progress. Our son is going to build-up the machines we need and get the processes for shredding and injection moulding sorted for us. That will include getting some products built for sale with Sustainable Sailing branding. The
Progress
[Update] No plans to change the basic assumption here. However, we are looking to grow towards some financial support from the blog, from our YouTube channel and more. One new step is that we now have a Ko-fi page for donations. Compared to other sites for making donations such as
Plans
So we were last on Vida for Friday 9th October (Friday Progress 28). Since then the restrictions either for North Wales or for Manchester (and for a lot of the time both) have not allowed us back. We had hoped to get a few days after Christmas but Manchester is
Dinghy
So we have a holiday, it being half-term, however, as Manchester is in a tier 3 Lockdown and Wales in a Firebreak, we are at home. It does mean we can take time not just to do jobs and study (including propeller shaft and RYA Yachtmaster course) but also time
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
