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It's play with Pi time (2 x Raspberry Pi 5 single board computers). One will be running Home Assistant (automation to create a "smart boat" eg sounds an alarm to wake you up & sends you a WhatsApp message [in case you are not on the
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We've found the Smart Boat Innovations YouTube channel really helpful and encouraging. The technique of bringing boat data into Home Assistant is absolutely brilliant. It gets us away from expensive Marine technology into the world of free/open source software and standards. So I'm taking our
Progress
I've been working all weekend so we haven't been to the boat. However, Nick has been in touch to let us know our Mizzen mast is still standing after Storm Bert. Good news, that was a bad one.
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This is a huge milestone for us. We have done huge amounts of work on the mizzen so it's great to finally have the mast in place. The list of work includes: * Huge amount of strengthening below deck to support the mast * Fully clean and refit the mast
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Cue Elton John "I'm still standing" Video coming on Tuesday 😍
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We are ready to put the mizzen mast up, I've dealt with the poop and volunteers to paint the boat are welcome.
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Check out our new video 👇 Now waterproof & Chafe protected If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar (or become a member) on Ko-Fi! at https://ko-fi.com/sustainablesailing/ Our DIY Dyneema Chainplates are now finished and the deckhead prepared for the mizzen
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Check out our new video If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar (or become a member) on Ko-Fi! at https://ko-fi.com/sustainablesailing/ Our DIY mizzen mast tangs are finished and fitted (see "New! Version 3 of DIY Mast tangs for
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It's been a mixed weekend! We arrived just after midnight Thursday evening and found that the wheelhouse had been completely taken over by huge flies. When I removed the opening section of the cover the edge it clips to was invisible behind multiple layers of flies. When I
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Our latest video is out: "Fitting our DIY Mast Tangs for Dyneema rigging, + the mast foot + painting Mast bits". At last, we have fitted the DIY mast tangs We refitted the mast foot too! Also refitted the reinforcement plates for the mast tang bolts. And we finished painting
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Well the wind and rain happened last night (Thursday 26th September). Our nearby boat neighbour, Nick, popped his head out with a handheld wind speed gadget and it read 60mph in one gust with 47mph in the lull. It started to increase from about 5pm but didn't fully
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Jobs are finished for the day as a storm has rolled in. According to the Met Office we currently have winds from the North around 25mph gusting 44mph (the gusts are always fairly continuous here as the wind funnels along the Menai Strait). The winds will get a bit stronger