Category Archives: Sailing a Sadler yacht

After a lie in and a cooked breakfast it was to start on some more jobs, refitting the blinds was interesting, I think we worked out how to do after a few tries! Just need to remember how to fit again next time. Then came the washing up but we had forgotten the washing up sponge andContinue reading “Saturday 20th April”

It was Good Friday, it was spring tides and as always with the first night aboard we had loads of gear, bedding and food to get aboard. The morning tide was going to be to early for us to get sorted before the tide would be gone so we decided to leave on the evening tide.Continue reading “Easter, 1st chance of a sail”

Back at the end of last season, we had two local companies quote for a new cockpit encloser and spray hood, one was a one man band and the other a big company. Both had been recommend but one was more than half of the other quote of the other, so we ordered from the cheaper of theContinue reading “Pattern new spray hood”

Two days after anti-fouling, at 1000hrs I left St Anthony in the dinghy, soon after arriving at Elektra the tide was gone and I spent the day marooned aboard in the middle of a muddy creek getting her ready to go sailing again. The first job was to bend on her sails again, its a slow job toContinue reading “Refitting the sails and dodgers”

On the 22nd of March it was time to do the anti-fouling, I wanted to get down there early to allow the paint to dry before the water came back on the following high water, it was a good job I did as the hull needed rinsing off before I could start. Not a niceContinue reading “Anti-fouling”

On the 20th of March our local engineer serviced Elektra’s engine, its something I could do myself but I always find Anthony quick off the mark for repairs in the sailing season when I don’t have time, so like to give him some regular work as will. In the evening on the high water we castContinue reading “Engine serviced”

With all the dry weather in February I have managed to get quite a few jobs done. The deadline is moving closer, we need a tide of over 5 metres to move Elektra from her winter mooring down the creek towards the sea but her seasonal mooring will not be available until 1st of April. TheContinue reading “Winter work, slowly moving forward”

After a lovely summer with plenty of time off to go sailing, we laid Elektra up for the winter at the end of October. Then I got busy at work, I am only just now getting the time to do some winter jobs on Elektra. I was down there last weekend, removed her rudder and re-bedding theContinue reading “Winter work”