Progress
Woodwork at home while affected by Storm Eunice
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.
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
Dyneema rigging
Our latest video has been getting some really helpful comments on YouTube as well as directly. It has also helped us to reach a new milestone :-) It definitely seems worth exploring more. Particularly to consider some of practicalities that people have raised including: * Is the sheer strength of the
Dyneema rigging
We are really excited that we have come up with a new way of building External Dyneema Chainplates. It is so much simpler than our previous ideas and we haven't seen anything like this anywhere else. Remember that this fits really well with all the Dyneema rigging expertise
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
Dyneema rigging
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 :-)
Progress
After we forgot one time we now stick this on the front door on the days we go to the boat. We put another Bow Roller progress video up yesterday.
Environmental
So Kika spoke at a TedX event in Cowes. A really good talk that fits very much with our philosophy here at Sustainable Sailing with our subtitle of "SUSTAINABLE: Environmentally, Financially, Mentally, Physically" So highly recommend this short talk:
Safety
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.
Progress
Our next video is now available. We make more progress preparing the deck for the Bow Roller and Pulpit. Plus we remove old mooring cleats to prepare the way for our chainplate backing plates.
Safety
See https://youtu.be/Dw0J0Bm5Nd4 for our first video in a Dyneema rigging series. An overview Q&A