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Sailing the Irish Sea
We were in Liverpool and we were ready to leave, but there is always loads to do. One of them was to get our rigging checked. Apparently you need to be in the water to do this and there was one...
Airplane Mode
We had a great laugh creating this pop video, the words can be found at joshwoodward.com Some of the bits of video used are from the cutting room floor, but some are from our previous...
Electric nightmares
Even though I know more about electrics than any other boat related subject, it seemed to be the one that I shied away from the most. The wiring put in by Bavaria looked cracking. The wiring added...
Back in the water
When you are on the hard, there is a huge list of jobs that you want to do in the shortest time possible Prop The work that needed to be completed on the sail drive was adding the new anode...
Ship wrecked? On the hard and in the yard
Keel We were in the yard and there was a whole host of extra jobs to do. One of the jobs that had not been planned for was the state of the keel. As soon as the keel had dried out, the copper...
More scary stuff - standing rigging
Of all the things that Beverley and I have discussed over the last few weeks, it is the state of our standing rigging. Despite the rigging being 15 years old, it is in quite good shape, so in my...
Cooking with Gas
One of the things that Beverley really wanted was a new cooker. The only problem was finding one that would fit. We scoured the internet looking for one that would fit and found a cooker of the...
Our first mullion
From our last video which was Beverley and I adding Dyneema as our guard rails, we had been asked by one of our followers about the rubbing of the ropes. As we follow the advice of a man we met at...
Saving money - Dyneema and the Dan girl
Fixing a Traditional Coastal Dan Buoy Equipment – Empty 1350g Vanish OxiAction container. Most are pink but the crystal white container is white. Drill with bit, sharp knife, vernier,...
Splicing Dyneema
There are several ways to splice dynemma and it is one of the simplest ropes to splice. Equipment - Hollow Fid, Splicing needles, chopping board, sharp knife Splice 1 - Long tail splice ...
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