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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#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 ...

#galleyonboats #boatjobs #kitchen This week we finally finish the kitchen and cut the worktop as we have a TV crew coming from the kitchen supplier. They ...

#freezingcold # bellowzeroweather #coldoutside #snowfall This week the first snow of the season has fallen and it is freezing. We try to get in to working ...

#solarpanels #solaronboats #victronenergy #electricboats This week we connect the solar panels to the cables and talk about the equipment me will be installing ...

#galleyonboats #newgalley #boatbuilding This week we really do get stuck in to the kitchen, but as always we never seem to finish the job. It has been a ...

#galleyonboats #poweronboats #electricsonboats This week things start to come together. We start on the installation of the heating system and placing the ...

#wearescrewed #boatelectrics #energyonboats This week we get lots of small but important jobs finished and it was all rather successful. We left behind the ...

#plumingtheboat #pipesonboats #workingonboats This week we get into the floors on the boat and clean out the bilges. We finish to cover the walls withy the ...

#boataccidents #thingshappen #boatlife This week we finish cladding the ceiling in the saloon. We start panelling the walls and covering with the white ...

This week we are back working on the barge. We have a few wasted sheets of plywood as Simon gets a few things wrong, well it happens sometimes. Carla makes ...

#sailing #gosailing #outatsea One Last Sail around the Aeolian Islands before we return to Berkshire and the Barge. We visit the island of Panarea and Salina ...

#wearesailing #backonsailing #sailingitaly #sailingsicili We get away from the boatyard and the Barge for a week. We have been commissioned to make a TV show ...

#buildaboat #boatproject #buildabarge This week we spend most of our time in the front cabin. By the end of the four days we had the white wall paneling up ...