Sustainable Sailing

Our journey towards Sustainability while sailing on all levels: Environmental, Financial and Health

  • GoPro woes

    A month ago our GoPro Hero 10 failed. It wouldn’t turn on. After a long session on “chat” they agreed it needed replacing with a £115 charge. Since then it took nearly a month to get their finance team to phone me (they tried twice when I was driving or in meetings but over a…

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  • Insulating the galley.

    We have started to fit the insulation in the galley.5mm self-adhesive foam with foil backing against the hull and deckhead.Will be covered by 40mm of xps foam board.The hope is that the 5mm stops condensation in any gaps between the xps board (which isn’t very flexible) and the curves of the hull.Depending on location we…

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  • Our Compost Toilet deadline

    We have been using our Nature’s Head Compost toilets for 4.5 years and been very happy with them. However, we are going to have to change things within the next few months. At the moment we empty the urine bottles in the boatyard toilets (that’s fine and can continue). The situation with the solids is…

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  • Easter gifts

    Easter is coming soon.Jane is selling cute things to put treats in, especially suitable for little ones. There are chicks and bunnies. Hope you like them. Chick bags Bunny bags

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  • Slow Galley progress

    We seem to spend a lot of time moving stuff around the boat to get it out of the way for jobs or meals or sleeping. Then lots of time working things out and planning. Plus I had to buy a full sheet of marine plywood and very carefully bring it back to the boat…

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  • Galley refit (again)

    After 4 years of our temporary galley we are almost at clean sheet of paper time but with lots of learning.The main worktop with sinks is going back in. But will be trimmed to a straight front edge. The support for the front edge will include a fiddle and be as deep as the sinks.…

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  • Stuffed

    Well all our stuff (excluding tools) is on board for half term holiday. We haven’t yet worked out where we can fit 🤣

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  • Valentine’s Day Cards

    Jane has got all romantic and produced a few special handmade Valentine’s day cards with a picture of our anchor and the text “You are my anchor”. Apparently I’m not allowed to buy one for my Valentine but you can. Buy in our Ko-fi shop at https://ko-fi.com/s/ec114b6d3f

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  • Interior plan updates

    Insulation We have slightly adjusted our plans for insulating the hull, under deck and inside of the cabin top.We are still fitting sheets of 40mm closed cell xps foam. However, as this will not be a tight fit to the hull we are going to build on the example of others (eg Sailing Melody, Sailing…

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  • New shop is live!

    New shop is live!

    We have a new shop where Jane is selling her beautifully crafted sewing projects as well note cards featuring her embroidered designs. The shop is at https://ko-f.com/sustainablesailing and is still in the early stages, lots more to come. As an incentive to join our regular supporters all our ko-fi members get a discount in the…

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