Cooking
We like cheating how long a holiday feels by being able to leave the evening before. So I was working on Sunday but we were able to leave by 7pm. We were fortunate to beat the rain and get the van basically unpacked (food, clothing) and carried onto the boat
Progress
It is very wet in Wales this morning. So it is very nice that our refurbished hatches are not leaking. Plus we can see out through it and the cabin is getting a lot more light. The combination of no hatches or windows leaking plus them all being clear (the
Environmental
Some eagle eyed people might have spotted a new toy in the back of our van in the last post. Recently we were looking at the most environmentally safe way to remove the old anti-fouling paint. What we found is Peelaway Marine which sounds a lot better than the most
Plans
We can't easily fit a whole sheet of plywood in our van. To fit it has to be lifted at the front to rest on top of our headrests and then slope down to the back. It doesn't feel very safe and it doesn't
Progress
Today we refitted the hatch over the saloon. We have swapped it round so that the hinges are on the aft side. This way it should catch the breeze and bring more into the cabin (all 3 opening hatches had hinges at the front before - supposed to stop waves
Progress
It has taken all day to prepare our second hatch for refitting. It takes hours to get all the old sealants off from the base, from the lid and from the seal where the lid closes onto the base. To separate the lid I'd had to cut the
Progress
Update: now sold eBay auction goes live on Monday 3rd August at noon. Starting price only £2,000!!!!! See Details of Yanmar Diesel 3JH5E for sale for all the details. You can see back to when we lifted the engine out of Vida here, how we kept it boxed in
Progress
So I managed another Thursday off work :-) Two long days working on two projects. First priority, our two Canpa deck hatches, both have been leaking and both had very crazed acrylic so that you couldn't see out. Getting them off wasn't too difficult. The big
Progress
Attached a whole load of photos of the engine which we are selling as is. Having looked around we are setting the price at £3,000 The plate says it was manufactured in June 2010. We understand that it was professionally installed in our Rival 38 by Dickies Boatyard in
Electric
Our process for designing the electric motor compartment has had to be somewhat adaptable. We started from knowing nothing and so it has been a constant process of learning and then changing our plans. The work over the last two weeks (Stuffing box flange is off, Yanmar Diesel 3JH5E for
Electric
So we have come of age 😉 21 today. Not too bad, we are still a month away from owning Vida for a year and we were unable to visit for nearly 4 months due to the lockdown. We arrived late last night (slightly delayed by a poorly signposted diversion). We
Progress
As I've already written we had very visible progress this morning as our diesel engine is no longer on board. Vida now has no fossil fuels on board (although we are still connected to the boatyard electric supply at the moment). Jane also managed to get the whole