Progress is slowly being made on getting Isosceles ready to sail. This weeks work involved taking the Seldon Rod-kicker to pieces. For the non-sailors amongst you, this is quite an important piece of equipment. It both supports the boom, while also stopping it from lifting up too high. The second part of this is important…
The sailing season that was supposed to be 2020 was limping towards its end. It was October and I had no winter storage sorted in Poole harbour. I was paying for a berth on the river Hamble that I hadn’t been able to get to. And there were definite signs that the country was going…
The old fuel filter on Isosceles was barely up to scratch and the fuel pipes were well past their sell by date. All of this was in desperate need of replacement, and so with a new engine being fitted I decided to redesign the whole fuel setup. Ideally I wanted a Racor 500 filter and…
There are a whole raft of blogs and articles on doing the engine change. I see no point in repeating what other, more knowledgeable people have said. There are some lessons I learnt, which could have been avoided if I had listened to my own advice. Preparation Before you do anything, take lots of pictures,…
Waiting to get a working engine into Isosceles was at times akin to a comedy of errors, but without the comedy! There had been a years delay while I sorted family issues out. It was great to have Isosceles as somewhere to go and recharge my batteries when times were difficult. I made some great…
2020 is a year that will never be forgotten. This is a personal memory of what happened, others have had much worse experiences of this year and I do not mean to belittle them, we should all remember our experiences of that hopefully unique time. In films over the years much has been made of…
Bad things happen to all of us sometimes. Be it loss of family members or good friends, relationship difficulties or changes in our work. Difficulties can be relative or cumulative, but every situation has a silver lining. There is a positive, even if it is a small one. Often people don’t want to look for…
Can you imagine a worse time for a major breakage than when you are introducing your in-laws to this fantastical thing you have been raving on about for weeks, months, years? The big project you have talked their daughter into and spent their grandchildren’s inheritance on? First, there was the steering We had taken Isosceles…
Owning a boat is a strange thing. She is undoubtedly my pride and joy, but a lot of the time I, along with I’m sure most regular boat owners, couldn’t honestly tell you why she is that object of such admiration. Over the first couple of months of ownership I spent weekends and holidays staying…
