19 – 26 May: Banned from Sailing – Wind Plots + retail therapy!
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...
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...
2015 / Diary Entry / 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...
2015 / About Seatern / May: "is this Spring?"
by Peter Taylor · Published 02/06/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
While not being allowed to do physical tasks, I’ve taken the opportunity to rework my discussion of “The Physics of Apparent Wind” which was prompted...
June: "is this Summer?" / 2015 / Diary Entry
by Peter Taylor · Published 02/06/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
On the night of 1st June it peaked at force 9 at the jetty – I’d taken the mizzen off but Seatern would have been...
June: "is this Summer?" / 2015 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 04/06/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
Anchor hatches: I’d been meaning to put some sort of catch on the anchor lockers lids for some time – if I did capsize Seatern,...
June: "is this Summer?" / 2015 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 06/06/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
From the start I wasn’t impressed with the Spinlock PXR clutches as jib fairleads and, to be fair, Matt had supplied replacement camcleats without me...
June: "is this Summer?" / 2015 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 09/06/2015 · Last modified 22/02/2023
On the 12th May I discovered what Julian Swindell has said for some time – that a BC20 sails upwind better with the mizzen furled....
June: "is this Summer?" / 2015 / Sailing Log (2015)
by Peter Taylor · Published 10/06/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
Planned to be a day trip but a changed weather forecast caused me to turn back after trying the new jib and mizzen setups.
June: "is this Summer?" / 2015 / Diary Entry
by Peter Taylor · Published 13/06/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
Having spent the last year chocked up and taking up almost all the back garden, Seatern’s trailer has now been moved to an off-road parking...
June: "is this Summer?" / 2015 / About Seatern
by Peter Taylor · Published 17/06/2015 · Last modified 18/08/2017
The sail on the 10th June may have been very short but it was long enough to prove the new jib sheet arrangement didn’t work!...