Dyneema rigging
The knees (for the port main mast cap shroud) are progressing nicely. The forward and aft edges are fully filleted and tabbed in. I fitted a timber triangle at the joint to the underside of the deck to get a nice radius. Just the inside tabbing to do and these
Dyneema rigging
This week we were hoping to make real progress on the mizzen. Yesterday Jane managed 2 coats of primer on the repaired mast top and the main mast spreaders. Ever since then it has been raining on and off all the time. So we have moved to inside jobs. First
Dyneema rigging
Our next video is live! We have finished splicing all 6 mizzen shrouds (technically 4 plus 2 forestays) plus the 2 running backstays as well as all 8 chainplate loops. Now all the shrouds & stays need to be stretched to tighten the splices where the weave was opened when
Dyneema rigging
So far today we have tensioned 6 of the 8 mizzen shrouds. All of them tensioned to at least 1,300kg and leaving them at over 1,000 for at least 15 minutes
Dyneema rigging
Our latest video is published :-) Our next big task, one we need to do before winter, is to get our Mizzen mast up. We haven't touched it for a long while, so couldn't remember quite where we had got to and where everything was. Several
Environmental
Today I have the prototype adjustable supports for the first side solar panel working. Goes from vertical (folded away) to above horizontal. Lots more to do before a finished solution but this feels like real progress. Video out tomorrow (Saturday) morning all about this.
Environmental
In my post Bikes by boat I concluded that we are hoping to take two existing bikes. One is the Birdy folding bike, I've confirmed it's location below a big pile of "stuff". The other is Jane's Bish Bash Bosh which I&
Dyneema rigging
Today is our 36th Wedding Anniversary. As a beautiful gift Jane has spliced two more of the 6mm dyneema guardlines 😍
Cooking
Adding an extremely critical shelf to the galley, should be just the right size for a weeks supply of coffee beans plus grinder, aeropress, filter papers, scale, measuring cup and water spray. Note the it's just resting in place at the moment which is why it's
Progress
Our latest video has just been released! "Our last Carbon fibre stanchions & fitting guard rails for side solar panels"
Generation
We are making progress despite the weather, which is typical for a North Wales summer in an era of climate change (ie wetter, windier and warmer just as predicted for decades). We now have all 3 of the guardlines fitted to the forward port side. I'm going to
Dyneema rigging
Today we fitted our first guardline to our carbon fibre stanchions. It's on the port side from the forward side of the gate to the pulpit. We are using 6mm dyneema and as our stanchions are very high we are fitting 3 lines. We may well have to