Category: Season 1
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A bit of a potter up the Hamble and our first windy sail out of the creek into Owers lake. Trailer was serviced and the van got an adjustable tow hitch and the furling gear played up again. grrrr!
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Move the boat down to Ashlett Creek Sailing Club and to commemorate the occasion made a half model of a similar hull for the house. Find out more about Ashlett Creek Sailing Club
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I wanted power on the boat for a GPS, chartplotter, VHF radio and also of course to charge the phones. But a big want was for a depth sounder. So after I managed to get all these item in I statered to build outside panel of sapele to screw it all to (minimising the number…
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Using plans derived from Corin Nelson-Smith’s fab video tutorial we built our own galley box. We used Stokboard instead of plywood, but at the same thickness of 9mm – this is recycled farm plastics and designed for chicken coops and cow sheds. Tough stuff and no maintainence required. We had a sheet as I used…
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Teak restoration and more varnishing Leather work on the gaff jaws And a big big tent to store her in. As you can see it is very green!
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Winter maintainance underway with sails drying, covers off to Kinver Canopies for new cushions, refurbishment and replacements zips. The bed issue is sorted by adding two boards to the crew footwell and then two cushions on top making the whole area under the canopy one big bed for Nancy, me and the the dog. Varnishing…
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The engine fixed and a great lesson from Sirius Marine on how to bleed the tank, carb and drain the system down. It was now time to get sailing but the wind gods were no smiling on us as high settled across the uk for a number of weeks. The plan was to head to…
