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    More rewiring

    Over the last few days I have been rewiring the power distribution and making a new nav station panel I have ripped out a lot more old cables as I went along, the old battery ground circuits were like a spiders web with cables spliced in all over,…

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    Moved onto the boat

    With lockdowns unlikely to ease significantly before April, I have had no choice but to move onto the boat and hope marina staff do not prevent me from sleeping aboard. Government covid restrictions are not a problem as I am moving home which is a permitted activity. The…

  • Lockdown dragging on…

    I have decided to stay here in Wales at least until 23rd, the day after Boris makes a big announcement about changes in England were my boat is. Drakeford will make his announcement on the 19th but that will not effect me unless ‘moving home’ becomes illegal. Nomatter…

  • Update – January 2021

    Due to the resurgence of Covid-19 and the associated lockdowns in place, I am unable to work on Lady Cindy at the moment. It is not the England and Wales lockdown rules preventing this, I am moving home and this is a permitted activity, it is the boatyard’s…

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    Update on progress

    Due to staff illness at the shop and Covid-19 resurging. I decided to return to Wales after 6 days working on the boat and seeing my family. I will be unable to get to the boat until January 2021 when I hope to get down and start installing…

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    Spaghetti junction

    I have spent the last three days stripping out old wires and identifying cables in preparation for the rewire. There are still lots of unidentified cables but I have gone as far as I dare without removing something needed. The next step is starting to rebuild it all…