Ramblings
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Investigating the engine RPM drop
Monday afternoon after work seemed as good a time as any to do the start of the investigation. I’d already contacted the marina yard manager, and the mechanic is on holiday this week, so I may as well do some fault finding and provide details so the yard can work faster. The diagnostic list was…
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Malahide to Dun Laoghaire
Friday I took Friday off to launch Blue Opal with K. Early train north to Malahide, with bedding etcetera for an overnight stay; we could potentially have brought Blue Opal back to Dun Laoghaire on Friday, but launches have rarely been an on-time thing. It was much easier to say “Friday is splash, Saturday is…
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Woodworking: A custom key rack
When K moved to Ireland, we packed a large bit of wood that was typically used to hold hot saucepans, condiments, etcetera. We haven’t used it for that purpose since, and since we needed a bigger key rack than the one I had already, we opted to convert the cutting/serving board to a key rack.…
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Boat works 2025 – round 9
The yard was meant to have done all of the reinstallation work last week, so I went up to Malahide on Saturday to take a look at the progress. Turns out that while indeed the engine is back in, and the fuel filters are installed, the diesel tanks are just sitting in placed without any…
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Boat works 2025 – round 8
We returned to Malahide again this weekend gone, spending Saturday afternoon doing the last bits before the yard closes up the boat (i.e., puts the engine back in). In one of the previous visits, I noticed the binding of the helm on a starboard turn, but not on port. I had asked the yard to…
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Boat works 2025 – round 7
Yesterday I went up to the yard to see how they’d got on with moving the autohelm linear drive, and the sound insulation. Alas, the drive hasn’t been moved yet, but the removable panels have been insulated. This let me put the battens back onto the companionway step, and then trim the slight overhang at…