Life is good at Tala Lodge! We are working a lot, but not at the boat so I dug up some nice videos about the work we have done in the machine room and the saloon (United Kingdom English) or salon (United States of America English). The salon of the…
Category: Rebuilding and moving
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Blitz-moving
A short update: Last Thursday (the 29th of June) I was happy to post a blog again, I felt content with the video’s and ready to start a draft for a new one, but then… Peter was talking about the different options for us to stay from the 1st of…
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Throwback Thursday – Part 2: January 2023
It’s Thursday! Time for some throwback video’s. In the first video I am working on some hoods from the deck on the back of the boat and from the cockpit, Peter is cleaning the screw, and I have some coffee while watching Peter at work. This was all in January,…
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Throwback Thursday – Part 1: Removing motor and some sanding
Yes! Since we are up to date it is time for some videos about the progress we make on the boat. In November 2022 I made a ‘Grand Master Rebuilding Plan’ or a plan to make LIV livable again. It is still valid, but as I described earlier, everything takes…
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Making a blog – Part 4: Chaos before Stability
And what a stable live we have now! It is a sort of a weird balance, there is insecurity because we don’t have a fixed income but we have the time to figure things out. We have a home for the next couple of months and we are investing our…
Rebuilding and moving
Making a blog – Part 3: Thinking long term
We are getting there! Hopefully I make it to today (18th of May) with part 3…. No I didn’t! It is the 30th and the delay was caused by the website being updated and a boat sailing trip. So here we go. It is only three months left to catch…
Rebuilding and moving
Making a blog – Part 2: Keep on movin’
Apparently, I am making a series of blogs to catch up until the present moment. I am not sure how many parts the ‘Making a blog’ will have, I’ll just keep on writing! I also want to make videos about the first months, but I am figuring out how I…
Rebuilding and moving
Making a blog – Part I: Adjusting the plan
It is now five months and more than a week since we started working ´fulltime´ on LIV. We thought we could sail already in December, but it turned out that LIV needed a full renovation and a bit more time. One month more, became two, and three and since we…