Ikaroa Foam In, Hulls Slowly Closing I’ve been back at work on Ikaroa since mid-July, getting the foam in and slowly closing up the hulls. I’ll keep sharing photos and short updates here, with the longer posts moving to Substack and Patreon.
Journal More Behind the Scenes for Supporters I’m opening up more behind-the-scenes access for Buy Me a Coffee supporters, including Discord servers, project plans and my own bloopers. I may even revive the dormant YouTube account once the ship is ready.
Tech I’ve Opened the Sea Nation Shop I’ve set up a shop for the lithium batteries, solar panels, kits and charge controllers I’m using or recommending. For now, I can only serve customers in the UK because of transport restrictions.
Ikaroa Epoxying the First Wave of Stringers I’m working through the first wave of epoxying, joining the stringers to the major bulkheads, stem, stern and partition at 30 contact points. I’m also getting ready to launch our electrical shop and wondering what would make a good prize.
Journal Help Me Get Ikaroa Out I’m building an all-electric catamaran with off-the-shelf equipment and trying to get Ikaroa out of the workshop before winter. Membership helps us reach that goal, with behind-the-scenes posts, Discord access and equipment discounts.
Journal Refuelling with Dreams and Caffeine I’m refuelling now, powered by dreams and caffeine—as usual.
Journal My Kind of Fruit Salad I found IKEA’s idea of fruit salad rather more appealing than the usual sort. 🤣
Journal A Day at the Computer Company I had a day in the offices of a computer company. Stack Overflow was down, so apparently nobody could get back to work.
Ikaroa Closing the Floor Level This Week I had a good day preparing the small things needed to close the floor level this week. The Patreon video is now public, and support is welcome as I work towards moving out of the workshop by autumn.
Journal A Week of Work in Time-Lapse I skipped recording the podcast and put together a time-lapse video from this week’s work instead. It’s on Patreon now and will be publicly available from Sunday.
Journal Our App Is in the Press After working on it over the winter, our app has made it into the press. The National covered it as an AI-powered tourist guide.
Journal Back to Working for Myself I’ve officially finished working for others and am starting to work for myself again. The boat work is still a couple of days away, but regular updates are resuming now.
Journal Remembering the Righteous with a Yellow Candle I lit a yellow candle for Yom HaShoah, remembering the victims and holding fast to “never again.”
Journal Our Sister Site Is Getting Ready I’m getting our sister site, courses and extra content ready. 😊
Journal A New Season in the Office I’m making some changes in the office for a new season. There are still things to sort out before I get back to the workshop, but in the meantime I’m hitting record.
Journal The Value of Being Scared I’ve been scared of this project from the beginning, not just now. Big dreams usually require doing frightening things repeatedly—and waiting longer than a month to see the results.
Journal Wishing You All a Happy New Year We’re joining our little company in wishing you all a very happy New Year!
Journal Our Approach to Customers and Prices I’m making a small comparison between our approach to customers and a design price list where doing more yourself costs less.
Journal Getting Advice Before My Launch I’m getting an early copy of Amy Porterfield’s book just when I need advice from someone who has walked this path before. I’m launching new things out to the public soon, so the timing is rather good.
Tech Learning the Boat’s Electrical Setup I’m in learning mode for now, with the Electrifying Academy launch coming soon. After that, we’ll start talking about our internal setup on the boat.
Journal Learning How to Teach Others I’m learning from Amy Porterfield how to teach others. Thanks for the lessons.
Journal Wishing You a Sweet Year Ahead In the kitchen, apples and something sweet are being prepared. שנה טובה — wishing you a good and sweet year ahead!
