2014 – First Year Summary
During the 2014 Seatern covered about 755 nautical miles, almost entirely in day trips from my jetty on the River Itchen in Southampton. Seatern arrived...
Category: Diary Entry
2014 Diary Entries other than sailing trips …mainly for my own benefit
Jan – Feb 2014: Introduction
Winter Gales: As soon as Seatern was delivered, the end of December 2013 through to February 2014 brought a spectacular series of storms. Some of...
3rd January: Another Storm
Around midday on the 3rd January 2014 there was yet another storm with high water levels and strong winds.
14th Feb: Valentines Night Storm
On the night of 14th February 2014 a storm surge accompanied by gale force winds flooded part of Priory Road. Water entered some of the...
1st March: First time under Bridge
First (rather ignominious!) trip. Using the outboard I headed for Northam Bridge with the main mast down but the mizzen up. I was sure that...
8th March: First Sail (~2nm!)
First sail – on the river near my jetty for about 3 hours staying between the bridges. Forgot to tighten the outhaul etc. etc. but...
1st April: Compass swinging?
A calm day so tried swinging the compass by sailing round in circles but couldn’t get it to calibrate. Then found that NASA have changed...
3rd May: Torqeedo Outboard trouble – a day at anchor! (~4nm)
Got up at 0400 to catch the ebbing tide but before leaving jetty at about 0510 I knocked my cup of tea off the jetty...
5th May: Chessel Bay at low tide
Earlier in the day (before taking the outboard apart), at low tide I walked around Chessel Bay which is a nature reserve. Below is a...
15th and 16th May: Dressed Overall!
With the tide in and the weather fair I showed Seatern off to two groups of friends on Thursday and Friday afternoons. On the Friday...