Plans
We have some slight cracking around one chainplate (although "chainplate" doesn't feel the right description for what is essentially an eye bolt). When you look at the backing plate the reason for the crack is obvious. Two stacked backing plates and one has moved. I'
Progress
This afternoon didn't seem as productive. However, we managed to remove the seacocks for both cockpit drains and also the engine water cooling (this was the one that the survey had condemned). Despite "easier" access, because we have already taken the engine out, this wasn'
Electric
We won't be making direct progress on Vida this Friday as I'm working. Still we have been making some progress at home. Jane has ordered more foam for the saloon (dinette backrests and the outboard portion of the sea berth). I've been collecting a
Environmental
This is worth watching. Sailors willing to turn their plans upside-down and venture into danger to support change and stand tall for responding to the Climate Emergency. Watch and cheer them on (knowing that they did succeed and Greta Thunberg was able to challenge world leaders at COP in Madrid)
Electric
The sailing channels are full of amazing boats. What used to be the sailing magazines that my Dad would buy have been replaced by YouTube channels like Yachting World. Consistently they present, as if it were normal a world view that everyone will be buying a brand new boat and
Progress
One of the jobs that we have from the survey is to repair the rudder headstock. He had identified that a couple of screws needed replacing. So, after removing the aft cabin headlining, we decided to tackle this while the cabin was empty. The Rival has a really sophisticated, best
Progress
Our progress towards maximising the sailing potential of Vida took a few steps forward this weekend. A reminder that so far we have been doing the following: * Masts down (see this post) * Old furling gear removed and work started on the masts (see here for details of the work Northspar
Electric
As will be clear from many of our posts such as Zero Fossil Fuel Sailing and Electric Motor now or later we are against Diesel engines from a Sustainable view. And yes they fail on all aspects of Sustainable: * Environmentally: surely obvious! Fossil Fuels are incredibly destructive and we have
Appliances
The key bits of galley framing and the worktop edges and underside were dry by this morning (doing epoxy work outside at the end of December is definitely a bit extreme). So we have got to the point of dry fitted worktop and sinks. Sadly it is very obvious that
Electric
So, if we do decide to fit an electric motor what are we looking at? We follow five sailing channels on Youtube who have fitted electric motors: * Spoondrifters: ELECTRIC SAILBOAT | Choosing an electric motor for your sailboat * Sailing Uma: Our Electric Motor (Electro-Beke, part 1) * Beau and Brandy: Cheap sailboat
Appliances
I'm not writing about IT or programming here (although there can be similar problems). By this I'm thinking of Single Point of Failures (SPOF) and taking that a bit further. By SPOF I mean the danger of one item failing and causing a cascade of failures.
Environmental
Thanks to Greta Thunburg good article and important for people to be educated about the challenges.