12th April: Teak Seats!
The tides are poor at the moment and high pressure means light winds. However the warmer temperatures have allowed me to fit the teak panels...
Category: Annual Categories
15th April: Netley Dome “burn up”!
Left 1020, quite breezy so went into Chessel bay to raise mast and set sail. Was going to put in a reef but decided not...
24th April: Hoisted Spinnaker
The tides and weather have not combined favourably recently so I’ve been catching up with things neglected while working on Seatern. However today it was...
3rd May: Torqeedo Outboard trouble – a day at anchor! (~4nm)
Got up at 0400 to catch the ebbing tide but before leaving jetty at about 0510 I knocked my cup of tea off the jetty...
5th May: Torqeedo Outboard repairs
I took the propeller off the Torqeedo outboard today. With the nut off, removing the propeller was still a struggle and in the end I...
5th May: Chessel Bay at low tide
Earlier in the day (before taking the outboard apart), at low tide I walked around Chessel Bay which is a nature reserve. Below is a...
12th-15th May: New Outboard and Chart table
New Outboard: The weather over the weekend was force 7’s off and on which started me thinking about rough weather options. As a result, I...
15th and 16th May: Dressed Overall!
With the tide in and the weather fair I showed Seatern off to two groups of friends on Thursday and Friday afternoons. On the Friday...
17th May: Buying Petrol
The Tohatsu manual says that the motor can use fuel with up to 10% added alcohol. Bio-ethanol (similar to what I use in my spirit...
18th May: Tohatsu O/b – motoring up Itchen (~4nm)
The new outboard needs running in so lowered the masts and went up the river to Woodmill (end of the tidal river). Even on low...