17th – 24th Jan: Outboard Tests/Service
It’s time to take the outboard in for servicing but before lifting it off I wanted to check the noise levels using an “app” on...
Category: Jan-Feb: “Winter Days”
January started bright but cold with overnight temperatures dipping below 0°C and day time temperatures into single figures. Weather in February was fairly nondescript with single figure temperatures but little in the way of rain or gales. We had one or two occasions when the tide+surge reached 5.2m – close to the 5.4 threshold for a flood alert. Around mid-Feb I got conjunctivitis which with health checks, etc. limited enthusiasm for tasks on Seatern!
4th Feb: Ship Wrecks! plus refitted Dai
The tides are going away from springs so this morning I tightened Seatern’s mooring against the jetty (we’ve been having easterly winds) and lifted the...
11th Feb: Dinghy missing!
The dinghy moored to Jo’s jetty using luggage straps was no longer there this morning. Unless the owners have removed it, I assume that the...
25th Feb: Wot no wind?
I slept on Seatern last night and this morning woke to hear the wind blowing through the rigging but the anemometer showing zero. Yesterday we...