19th Jan: Outboard lock problems
With cold weather forecast for the coming week and the daylight hours still short, I decided to get the outboard serviced. To unlock the outboard...
Category: About Seatern
Notes about Seatern that may be of interest to other BC20 or Swallow Yachts owners
24th Jan: New lock and modified outboard
I got the outboard back from servicing yesterday. When I took it in I asked Kieron at the Rib Shop if there would be any...
5th Feb: Navlink and kettle tests!
The kettle I’ve been using on Seatern is a 1.5 litre stainless steel whistling kettle (on right in photo). It is quite large to store...
25th Feb: The Physics of Water Ballast
A discussion on the Swallow Boat Association Forum (which was supposed to be about “what outboard a BRe needs” had lead me to offer to...
10th March: Seatern has a gear lever
I struggle to “dock” Seatern at the jetty and hate to think how it would be in a Marina! Even with the Tohatsu outboard, “Dai”,...
26th – 28th April: Outboard Gear Lever, anchor strake, etc.
Outboard Gear Lever: The long gear lever (see 10th March entry) proved impracticable. My idea was to lift the tiller and steer with the outboard...
5th to 8th May: Anchor Strakes, Tiller Extension, Forward Hold
May is starting with unsettled weather. On the 5th May we had a gale on the river. (The unsettled weather was to continue during the...
End May – 2nd June: The Physics of Apparent Wind
While not being allowed to do physical tasks, I’ve taken the opportunity to rework my discussion of “The Physics of Apparent Wind” which was prompted...
3rd – 4th June: Anchor Hatches, Binocular Box, battery board, + toilet grating!
Anchor hatches: I’d been meaning to put some sort of catch on the anchor lockers lids for some time – if I did capsize Seatern,...
5th – 6th June: New Jib Sheets
From the start I wasn’t impressed with the Spinlock PXR clutches as jib fairleads and, to be fair, Matt had supplied replacement camcleats without me...