22nd Sept – 3rd Oct: New Ballast Pump & Power system
New Ballast Pump: At the Southampton Boat Show I had told Matt that the worst thing about Seatern was the Whale Gulper 220 ballast pump...
Category: 2014
28th Sept: Comparison of Electric Outboards
Following discussions on the Swallow Boats Association Forum and out of curiosity, I tried a bollard pull comparison of the Torqeedo 1003S and the Minn-Kota...
6th – 12 Oct: First Storms prompt Winter preparations!
No sailing but a busy week! On the 6th Simon Crawford from Marineware came (at Matt’s request) to look at the small blisters in the...
22nd Oct: More Electric Outboard tests
The weather is making me realise how spoilt we were during the summer. Now almost every day mentions force 7 in the forecast and I’ve...
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...
25th Oct: To Hamble Spit and back
A single tide sail to hamble Spit and back (16nm) on a Saturday – so got mixed up with dinghy races!
25th Oct: Photo Album
A single tide sail to hamble Spit and back (16nm) on a Saturday – so got mixed up with dinghy races!
25th Oct: 1st use of Ballast Pump & Close-haul Repeater
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...
30th Oct: Becalmed at Bald Head + Royalist
I was planning to go to Newtown River but lack of wind and electrics problems meant I only got as far as Bald Head! (17nm).
30th Oct: Photo Album
I was planning to go to Newtown River but lack of wind and electrics problems meant I only got as far as Bald Head! (17nm).