Arch! Finally! (Patreon)

Hi guys :) 

This week went by in the blink of an eye! We were staying up at my parent's place about an hour and a half from Skive. We wanted to finish a few things in the forward cabin before moving aboard. That meant a lot of driving, but as I'm typing this, Ava is unpacking all her clothing into the drawers I build for her - we spent the first night aboard last night, and we have officially moved aboard :D 

It was a huge relief to get the arch mounted! It has quite a bit of sideways flexing right now. I'm hoping that improves when the backs are installed on the endcaps. If it doesn't, then we have other options :) Athenas water line is not quite as perfect as it was before - the bow is raised by a few centimeters. Adding the genset will not help, but I think it'll all work out once we add the chain + anchor (combined 250 kg, 551 lbs) and the forward water tank (roughly another 250 kg, 551 lbs). Oh, and then there is all of Ava's clothing, of course ;) 

In alternator news, a new high output (5kW) alternator for the main engine showed up. It's still sitting in its box. The plan is to return the custom pulley kit and use the stock pulleys. That means less output from the alternator at low engine rpm, but it's not horrible. At 2500 rpm (engine), we'll still be putting out 4kW. Considering that we also have the Perkins genset, I think that'll be perfectly fine. I'll fit the alternator one of the coming days - hopefully, that will be the of the high output alternator saga. 

We're going to fit the carpet squares in the forward cabin. We'll be back later to reply to comments :) Thank you so much for your support! Stay safe :)