I found an old bottle of teak oil when I packed up my apartment, so today saw a test application after washing half of the cockpit teak with ecomarine teak cleaner. Also went out for a sail today; forecast was
More teak work
Pano-dawn
Woke up to this dawn, and was quite happy with it. Decided to try cleaning the teak in the cockpit, so the starboard side is now done, and once dry I can compare with the port side to see the
Engine maintenance – new filter
Blue Opal has been emitting white-blueish smoke at high revs, which is a new development. The oil level is about 3/4 on the dipstick, so she’s not over-full on oil. I figured it was a good time to change the
A morning visitor
Good morning
First sail of 2019
After the wind, wet, and cold of the last few weeks, yesterday was pleasantly warm and somewhat sunny. The wind came up around noon, and there was but one thing to do – take Blue Opal out on a shake-down