Electric
When we saw the forecast for Storm Franklin yesterday we decided that gusts over 60mph were going to prevent sleep and be quite scary. So we left the boat before lunchtime while the wind was "only" gusting to mid forties. On our way back now as the wind
Progress
Second half term vlog.
Progress
We didn't go to the boat last night due to Storm Eunice. So I did some woodwork at home. Here is a short vlog about new temporary companionway steps.
Cooking
Following the interest in the photos in our last post (Galley extension dry fit complete) I've put up a new video showing us creating the galley worktop extension with additional bulkhead. It also has some information about the French Cleats we are making to allow our companionway steps
Progress
We now have both the worktop extension and the forward bulkhead dry fitted. Absolutely delighted with the extra space in the galley. Makes it much more practical for living aboard. For us the compromise in reduced seating is well worth it. The whole starboard seating might change now. The probably
Cooking
We have our extra galley worktop dry fitted (and already being "tested") Meanwhile access to the boat is a bit tricky while the steps are at home being refurbished. We have paused templating the forward bulkhead for the worktop so we can have some lunch 😁
Progress
If you can't fit it in a Nissan Leaf you won't be able to fit it through the main hatch 😢 We cut the new galley bulkhead roughly to size thinking that it would just fit in the car. It didn't. So we put it
Plans
I've got the extra galley worktop and the extra galley bulkhead cut from a full sheet of 18mm ply. Hopefully small enough to fit in the car. Also started sanding the companion way steps and preparing the French cleats. These are pretty much the only solid timber on
Progress
We have a new video available on YouTube. Shows us removing the companionway steps and planning how we are going to fit the batteries and new water tank into the bilge.
Cooking
We arrived yesterday evening and are here for a couple of nights. It is very cold! Snow in Manchester before we came, snow visible on the Snowdonia range. So, too cold to do any epoxy work. Fortunately, the two panel heaters and two fan heaters can keep the cabin nice
Plans
a Sustainable Sailing New Year :-) Plus a big cheer for reaching 50 subscribers (21 of them in December!) :-)
Dyneema rigging
In September we decided to put some effort into YouTube, the first video we put up was on September 25th and announced here: Bow roller progress and it's on YouTube! We have published 18 videos since then. We have grown from 10 to 47 subscribers, and had 100