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Vaan. Yachts BV
“https://www.vaan.yachts/r4-exterior/“
Vaan. Yachts BV
2022
"MADE FOR SAILORS
A Vaan is made for sailors. For the sensation of the water and the wind. It’s meant to excite and explore. And sure, a Vaan is...
We finally put the exhaust system to bed. Our flexible pipe from MasterFlex arrived and Carla and I fit the system together. We are very pleased to have finished that job.
We then move on to the electrics. We wire the whole of the 240 volt system togeth...
We finally get around to cutting the prop shaft and attaching the prop to the engine. We spend some time aligning the two up before moving on to the installation of the exhaust and the heater. Things are getting even more serious now as we are approachi...
We get heavily into the plumbing this week. So many different kind of pipes, it’s unbelievable! We might have around 20 different pipes, would you believe that? We catch up on small jobs and install most of the pipes all over the place. The fuel fill...
This has worked out to be the lowest point on this project. We had a big upset with the boatyard which we are choosing not to mention for now and at least have the job finished without a major complication.
A lack of items to finish projects around the b...
YES. This week we finish the floor in the pilot house. Much more difficult than we expected, like everything on the boat. Turned out to be a huge job because nothing is square and had to look perfect. Once again up and down the ladder hundred of times. B...
This week we get in to finishing the Pilot House! The bits that we have been working on for so long are just starting to come up to life. It’s like putting a cherry on the top of the cake and” voilà “… beautiful!The boat is starting to come toget...
To our surprise we get ahead of ourselves when Carla gets stuck into the Pilot House this week. She manages to do half of it and then runs out of materials. So we are waiting now to finish but it looks amazing!
Simon gets on fitting out the aft heads, eve...
What a week, Carla gets her thumb caught in the door, Ouch... that hurts! And Simon cut his finger on the circular saw. So yes, luck wasn't really on our side this week.
But we have to keep going as we have a lot of work to be finished in the aft cabin!...
#newplans #boatproject #workingon boats
We take a new look at the back cabin and decided that the layout is not good. After some deliberation we stripp it all out and start again. What a nightmare! So much work lost but we are sure that the new layout wil...
#toiletsonboats #poopingontheboat #blacktanks
This week we finish the sidewalls in the Saloon which made the boat look much bigger.
We put in a skin fitting for the bilge pump before moving on forward and start the installation of the holding tank and t...
#boatwork #boatyard #workinghard
This week we finally get home from our trip to Portugal.
After 8 weeks we go down to the boat yard to find the yard flooded but the boat was I. perfect condition. No leaks or disasters which as great.
Time to plan for the...
#kitesurf #kitesurfing #howtokitesurf #welovekitesurf
We manage to get another Kitesurfing lesson just before we leave Alvor. After a little recap we get on and try to get up again. After numerous attempts we get going for a few meters, a good progress but...
#learntoKite #kitesurfer #kitesurfparadise #kiteworld
During our time in Portugal we have been learning to Kite-surf. The weather is not really helping us, after all it is January. But we managed to do 3 lessons and we are nearly flying.
I have to say it i...
#mercedessprinter #budgetconversion DIYcampervan #vantour
This week we finish the Camper van conversion.
Took a bit longer than we expected but after four weeks of hard work we are very pleased with the final result!
Simon goes through our Victron Energy...
This week we finally get around to fitting out the Sprinter as a Camper Van. Like aways it looks like one weeks work but it has taken four weeks in total. Part of it is because it's a bit more difficult to get parts where we are in Portugal. Nothing like ...
This week we look back over the rest of our journey from Panama to Europe. We pick out some of the best islands and Cays that we have visited.
We also go into detail and tell you our plans for the next year or so. I guess going back to sail around the w...
We are making a review of our sailing adventure and how it all ended into the Barge project.
On this episode we look back on our time in the Caribbean, when we traveled around the fringes. It was a great time, we had a lot of fun and lot of worries too.
Sa...
#vloggers #lifeatsea #bargingUK #buyingaboat
Our life has never been the same since we went sailing for the first time. Being at sea for 3 years living full time on our boat has changed our way of seeing life.
So we are experiencing life in so many ways n...
#throughbackintime #backintheday #inspirationdaily #memories
This week to celebrate episode 200 we take time to talk about the first year of cruising on the Catamaran. We travel through the Mediterranean and out in to the wild Atlantic Ocean.
Our Atlantic...
#catlove #catboy #catsailor #loveyourpet
This week we make a tribute to Dobby!
Our baby passed away this week…everything was so quick, in less than two and a half hours we lost him for these terrible disease called HCM.
He was everything to us, our brav...
#boatcost #howmuch #bargecosts
This week we tell you how much is costing to fit out our Barge.
We are keeping a spread sheet with all the costs so we will know exactly how much we are spending in electrics, engineering, on deck, etc.
So far we are in the b...
#wegotit #whatnow #vanlife
Having recovered from the virus, finishing our quarantine and get a negative result, we are free again to have a second try to go to Portugal.
We then set off to get through France with all their restrictions for British travelle...
#thingsgowrong #weareinfected #notravel #theend
As we come to the end of the year, we pack up to go off to Portugal. But just as we throught we were safe to go, everything goes wrong and we are STUCK.
First France is stoping the British to go through their...
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