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After a winter up a muddy creek “Elektra” was coated with a layer of mud below the water line, I had worked out a way of using my pressure washer with a header tank filled from the stream but found out my petrol gen would not run the p-washer so had to revert to scrubbing. I had madeContinue reading “Anti-fouling!”

I made a new battery box for the new 2x110ah battery bank and I am adding the old engine battery 70ha to the old bank making that bank now 210ah. Those of you sitting in marinas connected to shore power maybe wondering why. Last season we had a lot of problems with battery drain due to neverContinue reading “New battery box and bigger battery bank”

The cutlery had been a problem last season with no real safe place to keep it, so I fitted a new draw and cupboard, losing a bunk but as we are only two we found it was a better use of space

After making, fitting and varnishing the new joinery, I have spent the last few days fixing in place. All extra shelving and stowage areas

Getting on with the winter work in readiness for the 2018 sailing season, outwardly nothing much has happened but internally I have been getting on with new woodwork which has now reached the varnishing stage. I have also ordered the new S/S support pole for the new solar panel.

Elektra is now on her winter mooring, here she will only float about 1.5hrs either side of HW of over 5 meters. Now when I have the time I can get on with the winter work.It looks muddy but only 3-4″ on top of stone

We had bought “Elektra” in November 2016 and spent extra money on new standing rigging, new cabin heater and generally getting her how we wanted for sailing this season. Then came the delivery passage in March, not without its problems with the engine but mainly due to not knowing our new yacht very well at theContinue reading “End of 2017 season summing-up”

It seems the winter gale have arrived early, there seemed a day I could go sailing before the bad weather arrived so I grabbed a day on the water. It had been blowing from the east overnight but was forecast to go south today, Gillan Harbour is very sheltered except from the east and Elektra was jumpingContinue reading “Wednesday 18th October”

This was going to be another solo sail but my friend “James H” who I know though my Hurley days, we both owned a H22, James had long since moved up to a bigger 34ft yacht. James had a friend who was looking at a Sadler 29 in the Helford river and he asked me ifContinue reading “Saturday 14th October”

My wife was taken ill a fortnight ago, spending a week in hospital and another in bed at home, Vicki was feeling a lot better but not able to go sailing, she was happy for me to go out for the day on my own. Never having sailed on my own other than in dinghies when I wasContinue reading “Sunday 8th October”