Wiring
This feels like a whole set of big bits of progress. Hundreds of Busbars I've spent a couple more days making Busbars, these are what the battery banks and big items connect to. Each battery bank needs a +ve and a -ve busbar. The motor bank needs an
12v
At last things are connected to power
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The week the weather changed
solar panels
We are moving towards a massive 2,415watts of solar
Progress
Due to a strong, cold North Easterly blowing straight at our companionway we didn't feel like working with the main hatch open all day. Instead, we collected some stuff from our Storage Container. Then Jane started working on the first Dyneema Chainplate Loop for the main mast. Certainly
Appliances
It has taken me forever to sort this out. However, it has suddenly come to together very neatly and quickly. With two separate boxes we have 5G and 2.4G Wifi networks on the boat that we can connect to an external WiFi network. Digital Yacht WL510 We have had
Dyneema rigging
This is a huge milestone for us. We have done huge amounts of work on the mizzen so it's great to finally have the mast in place. The list of work includes: * Huge amount of strengthening below deck to support the mast * Fully clean and refit the mast
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)
Cooking
It was quite an eventful "holiday" with winds over 50mph and torrential rain causing flooding around the boat. Still we got quite a lot done (Bow Roller testing, Saloon destruction and our first Dyneema chainplates). Here is the video:
Plans
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
Electric
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)
Progress
The other day we made Lee Boards for our starboard saloon berth. Today we've started the process of making them adapt to their other role which is to be a backrest. It isn't finished yet. I need to find a way to retain the back rests