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...
Category: May: “Time to start Sailing”
After four years on the water, Seatern has had some TLC before thinking about sailing her. Not that the weather has encouraged me to rush out on the water. But Seatern had a first outing towards the end of the month.
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...
10th-12th May: Gardening
My back garden is small – there’s just room for Seatern’s road trailer but I don’t keep it there because there would then be no...
16th May 2018: Tout Quarry, Portland
I’d arranged to take some friends to Tout Quarry on Portland Bill. The weather for the week was generally good but for the Wednesday (16th...
Photo Album: 21st May 2018
Photographs from the first sail of the year and first use of the new asymmetric spinnaker. So far I’m very pleased with it! I motored up the Beaulieu River to Bucklers Hard before returning to Southampton.
21st May: Buckler’s Hard
First sail of the year and first use of the new asymmetric spinnaker. So far I’m very pleased with it! I motored up the Beaulieu River to Bucklers Hard before returning to Southampton. Of course there’s a list of things to fix!
24th-26th May: Garden and living room
The flat roof over the living room extension has leaked during major rain storms for quite some time. Last autumn when I was I renewing...
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...