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
Progress
We haven't gone to Vida this week. Jane is busy on an essay and has first aid training. So I got some work on done on the extension to the motor frame. This is to support the 400mm length of shaft that connects to the aquadrive. That has
Progress
So we decided it was about time we made some temporary improvements to our comfort as it is getting colder, especially when there is a North wind (colder and blows straight into the cockpit from behind). So we have repurposed a sheet of the shuttering board, that we had boxed
Progress
With winds from the North and arriving late on Thursday in the wet it was a pretty cold boat to arrive to. So we are not ready for the major upheaval of removing the bulkhead between the aft cabin and the motor compartment. It will make our cabin a bit
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
Progress
So we had an extra day this week. The house battery bank box got the last bits coated in epoxy. I finished the vertical posts that the corridor and cockpit sides will fasten to. These got coated in epoxy and fastened in with thickened epoxy. They will also support the
Plans
Just eating a black eyed bean curry from our multi cooker. Then heading home. The cockpit floor is fitted, the main drain hoses are test fitted. We just need some hose adapters 32mm to 50mm and then we can connect the forward drains. With very straight 50mm drains the cockpit
Progress
Today Jane finished two important tasks on the cockpit drains project. First, she filled the last gaps in the joints between the new lips (upstands) and the old grp lip & flange with thickened epoxy. Then she painted the bottom of the cockpit floor. Meanwhile I was removing some trim
Appliances
We are getting very close with the cockpit after today. The epoxy work for the aft cockpit drains is nearly finished. After drying overnight we should have just a few little bits to fill with thickened epoxy to make sure that the lower lip if fully sealed (where it tucks
Progress
Pretty horrible weather today until about 3. With the wind from the North and heavy rain it meant that the cockpit wasn't a good place to try doing epoxy work. Especially as work was on the floor that needed to be out of position. So this is where
Progress
No actual progress today (unless you count going into Bangor to update my phone contract and getting some food from Aldi). So instead a few random tips * If you are lazy, like us, and take washing up home to do in the dishwasher, then don't forget to bring
Progress
Wow, a dry day! So we made excellent progress on our cockpit drains. First, we fitted the TruDesign through hulls, which the TruDesign seacocks will screw onto. We have followed their advice and epoxied them in (so in theory they are as strong as the hull itself). We sanded back
