Hello! Happy Sunday :) I got back to the boat late on Monday, and the next day was sink plumbing, connecting the tap and an inline water filter. It's a bit of a rube, and the u-bend is strictly unnecessary and the wrong way around, but I need it
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I am and have been in Budapest this weekend, which was a great mini deadline to get shit done. Monday I dropped off the stove for sand-blasting and bolted the worktops together, then on Tuesday sanded them down for oiling with a helping hand from the broski:
Hello! Happy Sunday :) "I'll make sure it has the illusion of a straight cut" I said, about the sink cutout. That was a lie, and I spent a long ol' while sanding the edges to make it nice, which I could not. It was a
Hello! It's reached that point of the year where I'm having cold showers to warm up; the difference between days with and without sunlight is huge. On the plus side they're excellent practice in surrendering to the present. The cold present... Anyway, you know
Hello, happy Sunday! I almost forgot about the boat today, I find myself in New Jersey seeing family this weekend, but I did make some progress on the kitchen! Firstly was to finish the end panels, cutting them to size and screwing them in. I started with the washing machine,
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I'm currently regretting not writing this as I went this week, it's time for bed. But! On Monday I went to help dad tape up part of his boat for insulating, and before leaving I finally re-filled the greaser for the stern tube:
Hello, and happy September! T'is getting cold... about that wood burner, but first I have a kitchen to fit. And thank god it didn't arrive on Monday, although something about work expanding to fit the time available for its completion — it arrived today, and I only
Hello! Happy Sunday :) It's Sunday. For a hot minute I forgot there's a boat to finish, I'm trying to remember what actually happened this week... I did reseal one of the kitchen windows, fixing the most egregious leak, but the rest of it I
Hello! I got back from Denmark late on Wednesday, after a lot of driving. En route we stopped by Ribe and the viking centre (turns out I need archery practice), and then Münster in Germany for a night. Seeing the cages on the church where the leaders of the Anabaptist
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I've been away from the boat all week, starting early on Monday with a 2-day trip to Denmark for their first international balloon fiesta. It's been glorious, and we were up and away on Wednesday evening for the first flight: On Thursday it
Hello! Happy Sunday :) After laying that smidge of underfloor heating last week, I needed to suss out the hearth area. I was looking for 20mm-thick slate hexagon tiles to put on top, and went to ChatGPT for a second opinion (it's fantastic for DIY). When I mentioned this,
Hello! Happy August, and happy post #100 :) On Monday I finished the trim in the port-side living area, then fitted the lighting coves and prepped for varnishing, which I started on Tuesday: That I finished on Wednesday, after which I could wire the sockets and fit the rest of the
Hello! Happy Sunday :) This week I varnished the starboard half of the lounge, and as hoped it changed the sound of the walls. Being quite thin pine, giving it a knock made its tongues rattle in the grooves of the next. It was tinny, and yeurgh. But with varnish, it
Hello! Happy Sunday :) The sheets for this trapezoidal mattress arrived this week, and my mum's neighbour Bev did a stellar job adjusting them to shape. I was waiting for those before unpacking the bedding, and oh my god, it's everything you love about the sweet scent
Hello! And oh buoy, I'm writing this slightly hungover (oops), and spent a lot of this week either away, working or recovering. Still, the new window arrived on Monday, and on Wednesday I did the final deed: No more plastic, taped-up sheets! And it was nice to have
Hello, and happy July :) I remember boldly proclaiming that I probably wouldn't hit 100 posts, but here we are at 96 and the kitchen lead time is at least 4 weeks. Onwards! Monday was possibly the year's peak for solar energy (so far), and I got
Fuckin' hell, Dave, a giant Wotsit's just floated in! — my neighbour Brian, to Dave. Hello! Happy Sunday :) It took me a few days to recover, to not feel tired from non-stop sanding and painting, so besides a bit of wiring I happily enjoyed programming for most of
Hello! Happy Sunday :) Today I spent 7 hours helping some friends get their boat to Evesham, and I feel weathered, and raw. But it was a lovely day, and I only fell in the river once. Back to Monday — I did coat #3 of the orange after 4 hours of
Hello! Happy Sunday :) This week was re-painting Katona week, and on Wednesday I spent 6 hours trawling to the dry dock again. 4 of those I was thinking "Why the fuck did I get a boat?!", but it was beautiful — the Avon at its best — so instead I
Hello! Happy Sunday :) It's been a programming-and-get-ready-for-the-dry-dock kinda week, so on Tuesday I ordered gallons of orange paint. I can't wait. 😈 And in another instance of "Uhh have you considered doing it yourself?", I was looking at the deck thought yes, I should absolutely
I'm renaming Katona; see the end. Hello! Happy Sunday, happy June ☀️ Monday feels live forever ago, and I started by cutting, routing and sanding the final gunwale boards for the starboard side, followed by welding a big ol' bolt to the hull for the earth faults: One
Hello! On Monday I turned 30 and after a chaotic weekend, spent a few disorienting days catching up on sleep and wondering what to do next. I'd reached one North Star, and luckily the next was obvious: I'm leaving the marina on June 11th for a
Hello! A week for my ages, it's been just delightful — helping hands on the boat, 30th birthday party on Saturday, the S&P is up, and the sun's been out. It started on Monday, like all correctly-indexed weeks do, with more panelling and my jet-lagged
Hello, and happy Summer! ☀️ (also happy duckling season.) With the mattress out of the way, job #1 on Monday was cleaning that mess. The room was covered with sanded foam particles that stick to you for their life, but no match for a vacuum. I could then add skirting boards,