Episode 2 Brand me Baby!

We get branded in this video. Well, we brand ourselves by sticking on our Sailing Empress logo onto the bow of our Contest 36. We put the name on the transom including our port of call, Haarlem. We discover the rusty state of our anchor chain and find it really does need replacing. Catran gets lots of jobs done such as installing the AIS transceiver and the antenna for the AIS as well, of course as the Big VHF and GPS. Now we can see ourselves on the map! Catran gets serious about epoxy and reinforces the mount for the Raymarine autopilot, as well as the Vetus tiller arm. Catran puts some finishing touches on the solar panels, as to stop them banging on the boat. You can see our shiny new oven and induction cooktop and Michelle gets busy in the kitchen to discover their ability to reach souring temperatures, all powered by the sun! If you have any questions about the solar panel installation or the oven and stovetop installation, we have lots more footage of this and are happy to bring out another video on how we did this, just leave it in the comments section.