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...
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...
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