8th Sept: Short sail on Southampton Water
I was supposed to be taking someone for a sail, but, due to traffic, he didn’t turn up. I went for a short (14nm) sail instead.
I was supposed to be taking someone for a sail, but, due to traffic, he didn’t turn up. I went for a short (14nm) sail instead.
September: "First Summer ending!" / 2014 / Diary Entry
by Peter Taylor · Published 16/09/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
It’s Southampton Boat Show and I used my “Southampton OAP” free entry to visit on three days. On Friday (the “public preview” day) I managed...
September: "First Summer ending!" / 2014 / Sailing Log (2014)
by Peter Taylor · Published 18/09/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
With suitable tides and a stable weather situation I’d arranged with Jon Tipple to go sailing with the aim of visiting the western Solent and seeing the Needles (53nm).
With suitable tides and a stable weather situation I’d arranged with Jon Tipple to go sailing with the aim of visiting the western Solent and seeing the Needles (53nm).
September: "First Summer ending!" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 22/09/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
New Ballast Pump: At the Southampton Boat Show I had told Matt that the worst thing about Seatern was the Whale Gulper 220 ballast pump...
September: "First Summer ending!" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 28/09/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
Following discussions on the Swallow Boats Association Forum and out of curiosity, I tried a bollard pull comparison of the Torqeedo 1003S and the Minn-Kota...
October: "Summer's Ended" / 2014 / Diary Entry
by Peter Taylor · Published 12/10/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
No sailing but a busy week! On the 6th Simon Crawford from Marineware came (at Matt’s request) to look at the small blisters in the...
October: "Summer's Ended" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 22/10/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
The weather is making me realise how spoilt we were during the summer. Now almost every day mentions force 7 in the forecast and I’ve...
October: "Summer's Ended" / 2014 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 24/10/2014 · Last modified 09/08/2018
As a contribution to discussions on the Swallow Boats Association forum, today I did some measurements of power consumption for my the Minn-Kota Rip Tide...
October: "Summer's Ended" / 2014 / Sailing Log (2014)
by Peter Taylor · Published 25/10/2014 · Last modified 16/08/2017
A single tide sail to hamble Spit and back (16nm) on a Saturday – so got mixed up with dinghy races!