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Short & Shorter = Better & Better: Weekly Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius May 18-22, 2020
Another 4 day work week this week and down to 3 days next with back to back holidays so the work weeks are Short & Shorter BUT the most important thing is that the progress here at Naval Yachts on XPM78-01 Möbius is getting Better & Better so it is ALL...
Summer Heats Up the Weather AND Team Möbius: Weekly Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius
Wowzah! Just when I thought Spring had really Sprung and how the heck is it already the middle of May, Summer showed up this week. As I sit here typing up this weekly XPM78-01 Möbius update at 4pm on Saturday (May 16) it is 34C/93F and the forecast is for...
Full 5 Day Work Week = Full Progress on XPM78-01 Möbius May 4-8, 2020
For those of you who regularly follow this blog (Thank you!), you’ll know that the past few weeks have been shortened to be 3 or 4 day work weeks by holidays and we have two more of those weeks coming up later this month. However this week was a gloriously full...
Locked Down & Labouring on Labor Day XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update April 27-30, 2020
As with most of our friends and colleagues over here in Europe and Asia, today, May 1st, is a national holiday by various names including Labour Day and May Day so we have yet another shortened work week. Indeed almost every week in May will be shortened as May...
Short but Sweet Week: XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update April 20-22, 2020
Today, April 23, 2020 marks the 100th anniversary of the foundation of Turkey’s Grand National Assembly which essentially created the country of Turkey when the national council denounced the government of the Ottoman Empire and announced their own temporary...
Mr. Gee says Timing is Everything! XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update April 13-17, 2020
Over time, quite a lot of it in my case, I’ve learned that there is a LOT of truth to that saying that “Timing is Everything”. We are certainly seeing lots of examples of this in the past few weeks and months as the Corona virus descended upon us all with such...
Wayne
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...
Fold-a-Boat: Weekly Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius Oct 14-18, 2019
Exciting times here at Naval Yachts as the intensity picks up several notches each week as the launch date gets closer. There were several new components which all involved having things fold up and down, hence this week’s title. So let’s dive in shall we...
Christine
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...
Oh Captain, My Captain! XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update 13-17 Jan. 2020
This was a week full of wonderful gifts the first of which is that Möbius now has her one and only official Captain! Christine flew back to Florida last week in large part to finish here marathon of testing and certification with the USCG for her 100 Ton...
Searching for Sunrise
I've been here before. This is not my first time taking part in a new boat build. It was 1978, and I was 23 years old when my first husband Jim and I decided that we wanted to build a bigger boat, so we could make a living doing sailing charters. Jim had built boats...
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