THE GARDNER
INFECTED with PROGRESS: XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update March 30-April 03, 2020
I am VERY pleased to be able to report that everyone on Team Möbius including Christine and myself are all doing well and managing to stay safe, fit and healthy. As per the title the only thing we are “infected” with is enthusiasm and progress. We...
Update from the not so exclusive SIC Self Isolation Club! Möbius XPM78-01 Weekly Update March 16-20, 2020
Last Sunday, the 15th, upon our return from London for Christine’s B’day weekend we very willingly joined many of you I suspect as members of the Self Isolation Club or SIC as I’ve been calling it. As my cousin Donna who is also a member of SIC in their home...
Better Late than Never? Weekly Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius May 9-15, 2020
Sorry to keep you waiting so long for last week’s Progress Update as it is already time for me to be posting this week’s! I did manage to get one post up last weekend all about Captain Christine’s 2020 B’day Adventure so if you have not read that you might...
Spring has Sprung in more ways than One! Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius March 02-07, 2020
As this photo attests the weather here in Antalya the past few weeks has been spectacular and very Spring like. Last Sunday Christine and I took a break to go for a nice Sunday drive along what is apparently called the “Gulf of Antalya” which is a crescent...
Leaping Forward: Progress Update XPM78-01 Möbius Feb 24-28, 2020
Good thing 2020 is a Leap Year so we get an additional day to work on Möbius here at Naval Yachts as the time goes flying by and I can barely comprehend that it is already the end of February 2020. However as you are about to see and read below, the progress...
Gee Whiz Week XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update Feb 17-21, 2020
While no where near as much as I wanted, I did manage to spend more time this past week giving Mr. Gee, our Gardner 6LXB diesel engine, more of the TLC he needs and deserves. After a LOT of disassembly and seemingly endless cleaning and reconditioning of...
Things are Heating up Outside and In: XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update Feb. 10-14, 2020
The wind shifted from being out of the ccccccccccCold North to coming off the Med to the South so our temperatures here in Antalya when from low single digits and night time temps a few days down to 1C/34F to a high of 19C/66F on Thursday so a very welcome change...
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. ...
Cables, Crates & Counters XPM78-01 Möbius Progress Update Dec. 1-6, 2019
Wow! Surely my calendar is fooling me; December already? Another year winding down to a close? Where does the time go??!? I’ve long been fascinated by the dichotomy of how our sense of time past works where the same amount of time can...
Mr. Gee gets NAKED!!! Weekly Update July 8-12, 2019
As many of you who have been following along with the design and building of our XPM78-01 eXtreme eXploration Passage Maker named Möbius, we will be powering this boat with a rather unusual but just right engine, a Gardner 6LXB. Long story behind this and if...
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