Ep 391 | A STORM, A LEAK & A Licence: Europe Prep on Little Nutshell
We’re getting ready to sail from the UK to Europe as Magnus sits his CEVNI exam, tackles wiring breakthroughs and sorts out last‑minute boat jobs on Little Nutshell. A storm rolls in while we wait on lithium batteries and solar panels before our North Sea crossing.
We leave Suffolk Yacht Club and head for Shotley Marina to pick up the solar panels we’ve been waiting weeks for. Late that night Magnus goes online to sit his CEVNI exam. It’s not an easy test but he passes first go, which means we’re now legal to sail in Europe. All our i’s are dotted and our t’s crossed. It feels good.
Magnus does a beer review for Old Midnight Hen while a storm brews outside Little Nutshell. He also tackles a mysterious leak on board. Nothing seems obviously wrong, so he swaps a few parts around and it appears to fix the problem for now.
It’s time to do the paperwork for leaving the UK and sailing to Belgium. Magnus files our departure papers online and it’s all starting to feel very real and very exciting.
He then gets stuck into the boat’s wiring and finally works out what’s what. His chook scratchings turn into a proper wiring diagram.
We hit a dilemma with the beautiful wine bottle holder on the boat. We’ll never use it, but removing it means cutting into a lovely piece of the interior. Do we repurpose the space for a big drawer or leave it as is and lose valuable storage? We haven’t quite yet made up our minds what we will do, as this is a beautiful boat and we don’t want to destroy it. We’ll see. Time will tell which way we go with this.
We’re still waiting on the lithium batteries and solar panels from Renogy. They’re not great at communicating and the delivery is well past the published timeframe. It’s frustrating because we can’t cross the North Sea until everything arrives. Winter weather windows are few and far between, so the delays are holding us up.
The new lithium batteries finally arrive and Magnus gets to work installing them and sorting out the battery box. The inverter will have to wait for another day when he knows exactly where it should go. We still wait for the solar panels to arrive.
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Until next time,
Wendy and Magnus
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