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Hot Water AND Hot Air, Oh my! Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius Oct. 19-24, 2020
Whew! What a week this has been. A shortened work week for Christine and I as we traveled to Kapadokya, as it is correctly spelled in Turkish but Anglophones spell it Cappadocia, with two dear friends, Philip & Nancy who flew in from Switzerland and...
Go AND Whoa?! Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius Oct. 12-16, 2020
Picking up where we left off last week I will use this same theme of “Go and Whoa” as we work on both systems that help us get going such as our Upper Helm Station for navigation while simultaneously working on our anchoring system to when we want to say “Whoa” and...
Getting Ready to Stop and Go?! XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update Oct. 5-10, 2020
The focus this week was on building the aluminium Console for the Upper Helm Station in the SkyBridge (the GO part of this week’s title), getting Mr. Gee his fuel supply, continuing to check off more electrical and interior jobs and prepare our anchor chain for...
Mr. Gee Gets Plumbed – Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius Sept. 27-Oct. 2, 2020
This week’s Progress Update will be short and sweet as we are still working very shorthanded on XPM78-01 Möbius and it has been another very full weekend of boat related work for Christine and me so it is already late Sunday here as I sit down to write up this week’s...
Damit, that’s a mighty fine Davit! Progress Update Sept. 21-25, 2020
Starting with the biggest news first; Christine and I took a much needed “mental health day” by renting a car and driving up the coast for an overnight getaway in a lovely little area we’ve been to before that is only an hour’s drive from our apartment in...
Latches, Hatches and Bling Oh My!! Weekly Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius Sept. 14-19, 2020
The “skeleton” version of Team Möbius was leaner than ever this past week here at Naval Yachts as we are down to just two part time workers onboard Möbius this past week. However, along with Christine and myself and our Dynamic Duo of Nihat and Uğur we all put...
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Jiminy Cricket! Möbius is OFFICIALLY a REAL BOAT!
As you will soon see, Summer is not the only thing that is officially here. Captain Christine has now officially registered XPM78-01 Möbius with the Jersey Ships Registry in the island Port of Jersey and I can’t resist the chance to start off this week’s update...
Captain Christine’s 2020 Birthday Adventure
Captain Christine, AKA my Beautiful Bride, completed her latest circumnavigation of the sun this past Sunday March 15th and as is our policy, we give experiences for gifts rather than “things” so we flew over to London for a few days as one of her experiential gifts...
2 for the price of 1??
Well as you might have noticed time got away from me and I didn’t succeed in getting the Weekly Update posted for last week. But wait, I’ve got some great excuses! The week was not only more densely packed than ever with the ever increasing progress on...
Off and Running! First Week of New Year/Decade: XPM78-01 Möbius Weekly Update
First week of the year and we have 2020 off to a great start with all the progress on Möbius this week. I just got back from taking Christine out to the airport this morning as she flies back to Florida to finish her 100 Ton Captains License testing and start...
Let the Chips Fly!! XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update Dec. 9-14, 2019
Another busy week here at Naval Yachts for all of Team Möbius as we ramp up for the final push to launch as early in the new year as possible. It remains a labour of love for Christine and I but it certainly is all consuming of our time and attention. This...
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Video Tours of XPM78-01 Möbius; July 15, 2020
Merhaba as we say here in Turkey, to all our faithful blog readers. Just for a change of pace, this is Christine here and I wanted to let you know that we have heard all your many requests asking for a video tour showing the current stage of construction of our new...
Jiminy Cricket! Möbius is OFFICIALLY a REAL BOAT!
As you will soon see, Summer is not the only thing that is officially here. Captain Christine has now officially registered XPM78-01 Möbius with the Jersey Ships Registry in the island Port of Jersey and I can’t resist the chance to start off this week’s update...
MÖBIUS will be all-PC, and we don’t mean politically correct
The first time I sailed across the Pacific was in 1975. This is a much younger me in Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas. We navigated with a sextant and a chronometer that we kept in a velvet-lined box. Paper charts and pencil. The only pieces of electronics gear on that...
Captain Christine’s 2020 Birthday Adventure
Captain Christine, AKA my Beautiful Bride, completed her latest circumnavigation of the sun this past Sunday March 15th and as is our policy, we give experiences for gifts rather than “things” so we flew over to London for a few days as one of her experiential gifts...
2 for the price of 1??
Well as you might have noticed time got away from me and I didn’t succeed in getting the Weekly Update posted for last week. But wait, I’ve got some great excuses! The week was not only more densely packed than ever with the ever increasing progress on...
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