The collection of fenders for Blue Opal had everything from 4 mm braid on braid (a recent acquisition after the storms that went through Ireland) to 10 mm three-strand. Some of it was stiff, another was completely frayed. A nice
New fender ropes
Adventures in ESP8266 land (1/n)
Given Blue Opal’s data network is linked to a ShipModul that beacons the data on a wireless network, I felt like it would be kind of neat to build my own data logger that can log all the data that
Spring sail, and the autohelm is borked again
The replacement bulbs for the head and engine lights have arrived. Alas, I found out today that while I got the size and fitting type right, I hadn’t noticed that the existing bulbs are the ones with two contacts on
Slipping to replace the anode
Blue Opal’s anode is probably over a year old by now; I didn’t get it changed in Conwy, because it looked reasonable. With a year of growth on the hull too, I decided to bring her alongside our slip yesterday
Re-running the topping lift
Blue Opal has a topping lift, 10mm braid on braid. I made the choice, when getting all the ropes changed out, to keep the shackle that was already present. This turned out to not be a great idea, as the
Reducing power draw
Blue Opal, as fitted from the factory, has eleven 10W halogen bulbs. Not only do they draw 1.1 amps each (according to my bench power supply, and basic electronics knowledge), they get really hot and heat up the light fixture