Today was the last day of the long weekend, gloriously sunny, and I was still tethered to the land by my job. However, this didn’t stop me from bringing Blue Opal alongside for some more maintenance work. First up was
Repairing the locker lid
Replacing the danbuoy
The existing danbuoy on Blue Opal is well past its prime. The plastic cap is brittle, the rope looks like it’s suffered from sun exposure, and the buoyancy disk is dead, for lack of a better word. While in Viking
A day of tinkering
Spent today alongside, as I’m tethered to my phone and laptop (the joys of being on-call for a technology company). First job was to reduce the starting amount of furling line on the drum for the yankee. This was the
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After a month of waiting, the civil service has produced a certificate for me, with Blue Opal’s call sign and MMSI. I now have a licence to establish a wireless telegraph ship station!
An afternoon by Lambay
Yesterday I decided to sail to Lambay Island, north of Howth, mostly because it’s there. The tides were just right, with a low tide at 10:30 in the morning, and a high at 16:45 – perfect for catching the flood
Pondering the head sea-cock
The sea-cock under the head, the one used for the outlet, is pretty darn stiff. This was noted on the survey, and the prior owner indicated that they had addressed this issue (I assume by putting grease up the hole