Having reached Tromsø, we are beginning the next stage of our adventure, continuing to live aboard Stødig and using her as a base to explore the top of Norway. Please email us to find out more about these opportunities. At the same time we are benefiting from the generosity of a number of companies donating their products and a crowd funding campaign selling shares in the lifeboat, profits from which will go to the work of Hope Health Action.
We both worked hard to raise funds alongside the conversion, and continue to work whilst travelling. We hope to show the finished film at festivals in 2020. We are also lucky enough to have filmmakers COPA and Febril, notably Jonny Campbell making a feature film of the conversion. With a trip to Norway already gestating, he then had to convince David it was a good idea.ĭavid's passion is landscape and adventure photography, and he is recording every stage of the project. After spotting a converted lifeboat on a river three years ago, Guylee became convinced they had the potential to become a supreme adventure craft. It was this functional aesthetic, their generous interior and their relative affordability that paved the way for this conversion and voyage. They are the ultimate functional product, intended for mass transport in survival situations. The lifeboat then followed the route of the famous Hurtigruten ferry, passing up the fjords to Tromsø. Passing up the Danish then Swedish coast past Copenhagen and Gothenburg, before crossing the Skagerrak south of the lower tip of Norway up to Bergen. The route skirted the Begian and Dutch coast, passing the Kiel canal in Germany into the Baltic. The voyage began in May 2019, departing the southern British port of Newhaven. The aim of the expedition is to explore this wild and isolated landscape, demonstrate the ability of design innovation to facilitate self sufficiency in such extreme environments and to document and share the adventure through photography and film. Situated at 70 o north, Tromsø is the largest city in the Arctic and having arrived, the lifeboat and crew are spending the winter there, and exploring their surroundings. Along with Shackleton, Guylee's dog, they travelled from the UK to Tromsø, far north in the Norwegian Fjords. Large semi opening portholes, one larger window and large skylight.Architects Guylee Simmonds and David Schnabel bought a marine survival lifeboat in February 2018 and after a year long conversion left on four month voyage to the Arctic. fold out table and comfortable arm chair. The living space is open plan with lots of storage. Newly installed tiled wet room with shower and new Thetford cassette toilet. 2000watt (4000peak) inverterġ50litre fresh water tank (Shureflo water pump) 12volt system for lights, 4x sockets (one with 2x usb ports), bilge pump and water pump. gives you plenty ofĮlectricity throughout the year. charged by 250watt solar panel via 80amp capable controller. RCD fuse boxĤ x 110amph sealed lead acid batteries (440amph bank) - new in 2020. 30litre Surecal twin coilĬalorifier (with electric emersion) which feeds hot water to the taps and shower.
Volvo Penta MD6a, well looked after and serviced regularly. wonderfully unique off grid boat with spacious living accommodation.
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