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Re: VG23 New Build

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OlivierP wrote: ↑Sun Aug 25, 2024 2:50 pm Just a question looking at the pictures, isn't the opening to the front cabin a little narrow ?
Your observation is correct! Bulkhead C in the plans is opened out a lot more with a much wider opening to the forecabin. I've two reasons for leaving it smaller (at least for now):

(a) I can't decide how wide to make it until the forecabin is actually completed. If it is really inconvenient to get in/out of, I'll make it wider.

(b) We won't use that cabin to sleep in - it might fit one adult, or two children. But would be a mighty tight squeeze for two average-sized adults. So I will leave the opening narrow initially. It will provide added stiffness and strength to the mast-step and deck above, in lieu of a compression post. Plus, if we ever need any spare wood in emergencies we can always cut it out of that piece :-) I did also have it in the back of my mind to be able to seal off that cabin in case there was a major leak in the front portion of the boat, but I think that if such a thing happened, it would be a pretty muich unrecoverable situation.

Anyway, a month to think over lots of boat stuff, when I'm not building.

First though, a flight to a little closer to your boat in a couple of days. Arrive in Paris on Wednesday - a week there, then a week in the south, with some other European cities afterwards. Really looking forward to it all. I was 11 years old last time in Paris...and a lot of time has passed since then!

Cheers,

Mick
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Excellent plan, enjoy ! Unfortunately I live in the west so can't welcome you in Paris.
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OlivierP wrote: ↑Mon Aug 26, 2024 2:40 am Excellent plan, enjoy ! Unfortunately I live in the west so can't welcome you in Paris.
Had an absolutely great time in Paris. Couldn't be more happy. Stayed on the Left Bank by the Sorbonne for five nights. Food and drink all wonderful. An absolutely beautiful city, as I remember from my last visit as a child, and this time the entire visit has also been great. Fantastic parks, people, and everything else (including the wine of course!). We'll be back again, I'm sure.

TGV south tomorrow.

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Re: VG23 New Build

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Great ! Next time you'll sail the VG23 across the Atlantic to France !
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OlivierP wrote: ↑Mon Sep 02, 2024 8:10 am Great ! Next time you'll sail the VG23 across the Atlantic to France !
Well, something like that is the long-term aim of building - so time will tell if we make it. There are certainly plenty of nice marinas down here to moor in, that's for sure!

Today is sur la plage all day long :-) Life is good!
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Right, back home again. Flew back yesterday, arrived at the house this morning, via picking up some more wood to build the sliding hatch, along with some white spirit.

Had to re-arrange part of the trip due to flooding in central Europe, but still an excellent long hard reset. Bit more of a spring in my step now.

Just had a look over the boat and was (firstly) happy with everything done up to now, and (secondly) daunted by all that remains :-) Still, one foot in front of the other. A few days to get over the jetlag, and hopefully I'll have some photos of progress to show.

Thanks to everyone following along for their interest and comments.

Mick
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Some nautical photos from our travels.

Leeboard barges on the Seine in the centre of Paris (I have a soft-spot for leeboards!).

Plaque on acceptence of Morse SOS as a distress signal in central Berlin.

Bougainville's former house in Paris. First Frenchman to circumnavigate, fought in the War of American Independence, etc.

Cheers,

Mick

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