2nd Sept: Trials of a light weight tender
In preparation for Seatern’s arrival I bought an Excel SL200 inflatable dinghy (right) to act as a tender. The SL200 is relatively expensive (over £400)...
Category: September: “First Summer ending!”
September 2014: Where does the time go? I seem to have settled into a pattern of longish day sails on the neaps and short single tide trips, often with company, on the springs.
4th Sept: The other side of the Needles
A 54nm day sail in which I ventured around the Needles and saw a little bit of the “dark side” of the Isle of Wight!
8th Sept: Short sail on Southampton Water
I was supposed to be taking someone for a sail, but, due to traffic, he didn’t turn up. I went for a short (14nm) sail instead.
12 – 16th Sept: Southampton Boat Show
It’s Southampton Boat Show and I used my “Southampton OAP” free entry to visit on three days. On Friday (the “public preview” day) I managed...
18th Sept: Waverley and the Needles
With suitable tides and a stable weather situation I’d arranged with Jon Tipple to go sailing with the aim of visiting the western Solent and seeing the Needles (53nm).
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...
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...