One of the dreams of mine is to replace the diesel engine with an electric one. Electric engines are amazing and provide far more torque at low speed, are a lot more reliable and are quiet/non-polluting. There is one big… Continue reading
Yay! Now to wait for it to stop raining continuously so I can drill + seal hole in roof
Today, I ran all the wire for the fridge/freezer, so instead of plugging into AC power it now runs off DC power, i.e my battery. So I can keep beer and icecream available even while out at sea! My panel… Continue reading
Well, this is a learning experience. Here are my top 5 mistakes so far 1) Not replacing the suspiciously loose plastic paddle wheel when I was hauled out the first time This started leaking as soon as I went back… Continue reading
The boat came with an ice box originally, that had been converted to a powered refrigerator with some ancient 12v conversion kit. The problem was that the ice box compartment itself was huge and not insulated (!) meaning that… Continue reading
I’ve been away a lot the last few weeks, and so haven’t really had time to either work on the boat or update my blog. Things have calmed down a bit, so now I’m going to talk about the top… Continue reading
Woke up one morning to this While extremely beautiful (everything is so hushed when fog covered and still) it DID starkly bring into relief the fact I still haven’t got my diesel heater installed. To buy myself some time… Continue reading
One of the things that have been jammed since I can remember is the roller furling on the foresail – it just wouldn’t turn in any direction! To fix it, first I removed the sail and disassembled the drum Next… Continue reading