2015 – Second Year Summary
I’d hoped to go further in 2015 but in the event, Seatern covered about 437 nautical miles, over 300nm less than in 2014. Unless you...
2015 Diary Entries other than sailing trips …mainly for my own benefit
I’d hoped to go further in 2015 but in the event, Seatern covered about 437 nautical miles, over 300nm less than in 2014. Unless you...
2015 / Diary Entry / January: "Water Ballast?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 15/01/2015 · Last modified 17/08/2017
Not quite as bad as 2014, but January 2015 has started with day after day of strong winds; I removed the boom, mainsail and mizzen...
Diary Entry / 2015 / January: "Water Ballast?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 31/01/2015 · Last modified 17/08/2017
The weather has continued to be mainly zonal with strong winds on most days. Now the wind is turning northerly and it’s cold. Seatern has...
2015 / Diary Entry / February: "Snowtern!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 03/02/2015 · Last modified 17/08/2017
The month has started cold . Having slept onboard, on the morning of the 3rd I woke to a sprinkling of snow (photos). Heat from...
Diary Entry / 2015 / February: "Snowtern!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 17/02/2015 · Last modified 17/08/2017
Most days this month it has been windy and even when fit to sail it’s felt cold and bitter; Seatern has remained at the jetty!...
2015 / Diary Entry / February: "Snowtern!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 22/02/2015 · Last modified 17/08/2017
The inside of my Tohatsu outboard, “Dai”, is something of a mystery so I decided to do an outboard maintenance course at Stormforce Coaching*. They...
2015 / Diary Entry / March-April: "First Sail!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 08/03/2015 · Last modified 17/08/2017
I managed to start March by catching a cold! I kept indoors for a few days to shake it off since I’d agreed to lead...
2015 / Diary Entry / March-April: "First Sail!"
by Peter Taylor · Published 03/04/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
My Seafly got neglected last year while I was sailing Seatern so I decided to take advantage of some good weather plus very neap tides...
2015 / Diary Entry / May: "is this Spring?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 26/05/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
The National Health Service have been cutting one or two small bits out of me (I was left out in the sun too much when...
Diary Entry / 2015 / May: "is this Spring?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 31/05/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
Although the stitches came out on 26th the nurse was not happy that they had only been in place a week, bound the wound with...