2015 – Second Year Summary
I’d hoped to go further in 2015 but in the event, Seatern covered about 437 nautical miles, over 300nm less than in 2014. Unless you...
Tagged: 2015
15th Jan: Another Stormy January
Not quite as bad as 2014, but January 2015 has started with day after day of strong winds; I removed the boom, mainsail and mizzen...
19th Jan: Outboard lock problems
With cold weather forecast for the coming week and the daylight hours still short, I decided to get the outboard serviced. To unlock the outboard...
24th Jan: New lock and modified outboard
I got the outboard back from servicing yesterday. When I took it in I asked Kieron at the Rib Shop if there would be any...
31st Jan: New Clock and Sleeping Bag
The weather has continued to be mainly zonal with strong winds on most days. Now the wind is turning northerly and it’s cold. Seatern has...
3rd February: “Snowtern”!
The month has started cold . Having slept onboard, on the morning of the 3rd I woke to a sprinkling of snow (photos). Heat from...
5th Feb: Navlink and kettle tests!
The kettle I’ve been using on Seatern is a 1.5 litre stainless steel whistling kettle (on right in photo). It is quite large to store...
17th Feb: Spring Cleaning!
Most days this month it has been windy and even when fit to sail it’s felt cold and bitter; Seatern has remained at the jetty!...
22nd Feb: Outboard Course
The inside of my Tohatsu outboard, “Dai”, is something of a mystery so I decided to do an outboard maintenance course at Stormforce Coaching*. They...
25th Feb: The Physics of Water Ballast
A discussion on the Swallow Boat Association Forum (which was supposed to be about “what outboard a BRe needs” had lead me to offer to...