New Autopilot for the boat

The dry season is getting closer so Sandy and I are starting to get the boat ready for a new season of sailing. I went out and bought a new Autopilot (Raymarine ST1000+) so we dont have to hand steer all the time. For those that dont know, steering a boat is fun for about 10 minutes :)

Will be fitting it this weekend.

Sandy's new flat bar tourer

Sandy's Vivente has low handlebars, this combined with the not so efficient brakes made us think about converting her bike to flat bars and putting a set of v-brakes on the front.

Wow!!! What a difference. The bars are higher so she's more comfortable and the brakes are fantastic. We trialed it with the gear of my mountain bike but then bought her shiny new LX shifter and brakes levers and a set of v-brakes for the front. Fitted it all and she loves it.

Will post photos later.

Sandy's Beetles are finally finished

I guess it's technically not an adventure but Sandy put heaps of work into these little guys so I wanted to share them.

Sandy started work on these a couple of years ago.  It's 'stumpwork' which is like 3D embroidery.

(click the image to get the supersize version)