Safety
Video: Is our Mizzen base support strong enough?
We have released a new video: "Is our Mizzen base support strong enough?" Enjoy!
Sailing
Dyneema rigging
Tensioning our mizzen shrouds
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
New video "What do we need to do to get our Mizzen Mast up?"
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
Sailing
New video all about our sail plan
Our latest video is now live 😍 'Our new sail plan, converting to a cutter. new furlers, new sails etc"
Progress
New Video: "Our last Carbon fibre stanchions & fitting guard rails for side solar panels"
Our latest video has just been released! "Our last Carbon fibre stanchions & fitting guard rails for side solar panels"
Safety
Road trip for a bargain
A long road trip for our 8 year old Nissan Leaf today. Started before 4am. But worth it for a nearly finished Hebridean Wind Vane self steering kit. Works out at nearly half price by the time the extras are included. And by long i mean a total of about
Cooking
Galley cupboard behind the cooker box
This is nearly where I started today. The side supports for the sloping part of the cupboard behind the cooker box were already screwed and glued in. I had also scraped away the excess foaming glue. First job was the aft side piece. Due to the alignment with the upright
Appliances
Some progress on a wet day
It's been raining almost all day and for the first week of our "Summer" holiday it looks like it will rain every other day. At the moment we are using dry days to work on the stanchions and guard lines which will lead to tackling the
Dinghy
More fossil fuel compromises (generator & outboard)
As we get closer to living on Vida and our first winter living aboard will be at anchor during a UK winter. The reality of the limitations of solar power generation during a UK winter continues to be a concern. It was always obvious, that without an electric shore power
Cooking
Fitting DIY Carbon fibre stanchions and new galley progress
Check out our new video We get our first stanchion base ready to fit. Making more progress towards carbon-fibre stanchions with fully sealed decks. Also progress on the galley painting, insulation, worktops, fiddles and more. A complete replacement of the original 47 year old galley. Oh, and we fixed some
Cooking
More visible galley progress
We can really see how the galley will look and work. The cooker box is ready for painting. It even has a sliding bolt to hold it steady when we don't need it gimbled. We have stainless steel tubes coming to fit as sleeves to protect the wood
Electric
Stanchion and Solar progress
We are really excited with the progress on our stanchions and what we have learnt means we have redesigned our aft solar "arch" yet again (I've lost count, this might be the 10,000th version). Stanchions and Gates This was our first stanchion base. The carbon