24th Oct: Even more Electric Outboard tests!
As a contribution to discussions on the Swallow Boats Association forum, today I did some measurements of power consumption for my the Minn-Kota Rip Tide...
October: "Summer's Ended" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 24/10/2014 · Last modified 09/08/2018
As a contribution to discussions on the Swallow Boats Association forum, today I did some measurements of power consumption for my the Minn-Kota Rip Tide...
October: "Summer's Ended" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/10/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
Sailing down Southampton Water I had the first actual use of the new Ballast pump (see September 22nd entry. As expected, a great success. No...
October: "Summer's Ended" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 30/10/2014 · Last modified 17/08/2017
The incident today when I lost power to the ballast pump and Tiller Pilot made me think about the best way to have the electrics...
Nov-Dec: "Winter Already?" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 10/11/2014 · Last modified 17/08/2017
Well, a chimney actually! Last month I went to Hamble Point marina to visit the makers of the Bengco cabin heater with the hope of getting...
Nov-Dec: "Winter Already?" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/12/2014 · Last modified 25/10/2018
Most of November was either too rainy or too windy (or both) for me to be tempted to take Seatern sailing. However I spent most...
Nov-Dec: "Winter Already?" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 13/12/2014 · Last modified 17/08/2017
I now have the “final” version of the cabin heater that I’m very happy with. I’ve replaced the cheap “outdoors only” butane stove which I...
Nov-Dec: "Winter Already?" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 13/12/2014 · Last modified 17/08/2017
I installed a switch in the cockpit to allow the Stern Navigation Light to be switched off when using the side nav lights in combination...