Plans
At the end of July 2025 we will move our home onto Vida full-time, just 22 months to go! My appointment as a Methodist Minister in Wythenshawe, Manchester will finish and hence we have to move out of the house we are currently living in. So at 60 years old
Progress
New Video posted on YouTube with an update on our #BoatRefit progress
Dyneema rigging
Today we have added the diagonal supports to our boat cradle to stop any chance of the new legs bending sideways towards the narrower part of the hull. We have used 6mm dyneema with locking brummel eye splices lined with stainless thimbles. Coarse length adjustment is with a 2.5mm
Progress
Jane is cleaning the battery box (I've just sanded it) so ready for final bits of fibreglass tape and thickened epoxy filler. Then coating all the wood with epoxy to seal it before painting. After that we add some battery restraints and ready for the wiring plus watertight
Plans
We have had a lovely day. We arrived at the boat about midnight so quite a late night by the time we had carried everything to and then onto the boat, plus made the bed. Therefore we had a nice lie in. Then some jobs planning before gently starting work.
Progress
Today we have removed 8 stanchions and their bases (timing due to someone else wanting the bases for their boat). Clearly been a source of leaks. We have drilled each bolt hole and countersunk from above and below. Now filling hourglass shape with slightly thickened epoxy. The places where the
Dyneema rigging
Jane has been busy making more of the shrouds for our mizzen. Unfortunately our garden is flooded and been heavy rain all day so it hasn't been practical to use our stretching rig on them.
Progress
Today we are filling the gap between the original engine bearers and the new thrust bulkhead that the Aquadrive will be fitted to. We have got the thrust bulkhead tilted and angled correctly for the propeller shaft to be centered in the stern tube and for the propeller shaft to
Plans
Quite a slow journey to Vida today for half term. We called in at Abakhan Fabrics and got some fleece material (bought by the kilo) for Oodie style winter lounging outfits for when we are still keeping the heating off. The journey suddenly slowed as we got to Bangor as
Progress
Today I was building a part for the boat out of Plywood. It brought back lots of good memories. Some of the the tools (2 clamps) I was using I inherited from Dad. They originally came from Pop's building firm in Wolverhampton (Biddulph and Thrift). One (circular saw)
Dyneema rigging
I haven't been posting much here as I've mostly been working on our YouTube channel, however, I thought I would show some pictures of the new mizzen mast foot support work. I am also adding some fibreglass tape to increase strength where we have cut away
Electric
Feels like solid progress for an all electric boat today 😊 Our shore power is now connected to a waterproof 32 amp Victron socket in the cockpit. From there it goes through a Victron 7000watt Isolation Transformer and then our Victron Multiplus II (combined 5000watt Inverter and 70 amp battery charger)
