Dyneema rigging
New breaking dyneema video
Our next video is available (somewhat delayed because due to a bug in kdenlive I had to render it 3 times and each one takes 12 hours now that we are producing it at 4K resolution). Hope you enjoy it :-)
Safety
Safety
Dyneena chainplate testing video
Our next video showing our new chainplate loops being tested is now available (took 9 hours to render because we have prepared it at 4K resolution). Hopefully this will make the way our chainplates will work far clearer.
Safety
New video out on Dyneema rigging
See https://youtu.be/Dw0J0Bm5Nd4 for our first video in a Dyneema rigging series. An overview Q&A
Progress
Bow roller getting to dry fit
Our next video is now on YouTube as we get to dry fit the new Bow Roller (biggest Rival Bow Roller in the world?). We even have Subtitles/Closed Captions this time. As we create new videos we are basically working at developing three playlists at the moment: * Boat Refit
Safety
Our first Boat Refit Tips video
Just uploaded: We would love it if you watch the video and like it :-) Comments on the video really help too, we will reply to them! As we work to build our Sustainable Sailing YouTube Channel it would really help us if you subscribe (and hit the notify bell)
Progress
Next Bow Roller video is here
Just published this: One of the challenges we face by trying to sustainably pace ourselves is that a job like fitting the new bow roller takes quite a few visits to the boat. However, we think the process of filling from the new backing plate to deck level using scraps
Progress
Bow roller progress and it's on YouTube!
So we are back to experimenting with some video as well as making some solid progress on the bow roller. Hope you enjoy!
Plans
Adding more simplicity :-)
We have been busy with the rest of life this month (September is always a very busy time at work for us both). However, our thinking has been progressing and we have been finding lots of inspiration from very small boats and from other people's projects. So for
Plans
Cabin sole (floor) upgrade plans
We already know we need to make significant changes to the floors of all parts of Vida. Some of the drivers for this are: * The aft cabin has been remodelled so that the original floors don't match the new shape of the aft heads or the storage under
Plans
Mast preparation continued
With a beautiful day we had a nice slow morning with family and then got back to preparing our main and mizzen masts for painting (well we also washed the dinghy and equipment). We now have all the wiring out of the main mast. We have put messenger lines in
Dinghy
Foredeck and Forecabin plans update
We have done a lot of thinking about our foredeck (mostly related to anchoring, sail plan and dinghy storage). During one of the lockdowns we did some thinking about how to use the forecabin beyond the anchoring plans in terms of layout. We checked a lot of those measurements when
Electric
Battery bank installation progress
Today has included a huge amount of lifting and moving. A large part of that was lifting all 8 batteries on board. You can see the preparation for this in Low down progress First battery bank has a nearly finished box (needs final epoxy coating and painting plus a lid)