19th February: Mounted Outboard on Seatern
It’s spring tides so, once the rain stopped, I decided to put my outboard “Dai” back on Seatern following its annual service. I decided to...
Category: About Seatern
Notes about Seatern that may be of interest to other BC20 or Swallow Yachts owners
22nd-24th Feb: Cleaned Spray Canopy
After the weather we have been having various bits of Seatern are starting to look green. At the moment, sub-zero temperatures overnight are limiting what...
27th February: Canopy update!
Today we had a light flurry of snow and I went out to look at Seatern. Where the small amount of settled snow on the...
11th-12th April: Top Down Furling spinnaker
Towards the end of November last year I finally decided to order a new spinnaker with a top-down furling system. The hope is that it...
16th-18th April: Cleaning Seatern’s Teak
The exposed woodwork on Seatern is untreated teak. In theory I should clean it and treat it with Boracol (a biocide for surface mould and...
19th-20th April: New Petrol and a clean Cockpit Grating
After getting back from the mornings walk, I spent the afternoon of the 19th emptying (more or less) Seatern’s petrol tank into the car and...
May 3rd – 7th: Small jobs & new sails!
It’s slow progress towards starting the sailing season but I’ve been getting lots of small jobs done on Seatern. These include checking shackles, for example...
9th May: Non-slip pads
The deck aft of the boom gallows has had one or two knocks due to the sprit boom hitting it during furling the mizzen. I’ve...
28th May: Replace the Bow Roller
The only significant problem with the top-down furling spinnaker was the tendency for the spinnaker sheets to catch on the bow fairleads. I’ve searched the...
15th August: Some nagging jobs
I finally repaired the toilet seat lid… it’s needed doing for two or three years but somehow I never got round to it! The toilet...