Author: Duncan

While tidying Blue Opal yesterday, I noticed that her clock and barometer were looking rather dull. A bit of Peek, an hour in the workshop, and a modicum of effort has lead to them looking a lot better. There’s a few bits of Peek left in the cracks, but I don’t have a spare toothbrush […]

I’ve been planning to add solar power to Blue Opal for a year or more now, and I’ve finally got around to doing it. A combination of a Phaesun Mare Flex 55W panel (archive), and a Votronic MPP 250 solar regulator (archive) are pretty much all I needed to order from SVB to make it […]

Blue Opal’s calorifier tank, until yesterday, was the one that was installed when she was built. A few months ago (actually, last year.. damn COVID time travel), it started producing brown water, and I figured that was a good reason to change it out – it’s not like I could get the interior of the […]

I know that most people don’t get their boat hauled out and anti-fouled in May, but COVID has meant Blue Opal has had to sit in the water for quite a while with the consequence that the local marine flora and fauna had taken up residence. I took her up to Malahide Marina (and marine […]