Category: Sailing
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Good night
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Tโwas a misty morning
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Repair work on Blue Opal
I needed to check all the sails on Blue Opal this evening, just to be happy that everything was rigged correctly. The wrong sheet was on the genoa, so that had to be dropped and fixed, and then my attention turned to the main. It was a bit of a surprise when the zip handle…
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It’s a dog’s life
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Blue Opal is coming back to me
With my passport not in my possession, getting Blue Opal back to Ireland is going to be difficult. A bit of searching online, and some quotes, and I’ve ended up contracting Halcyon to move her from Pwllheli to Dun Laoghaire for me. It’ll be nice to have my boat back; she should be here on…
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Cutless bearing – all closed up
Work was completed late last year, and Blue Opal has been sitting in Pwllheli on the hard waiting for the sailing season. With the chaos of Brexit and a citizenship application, I’m having to look into delivery skippers/crews to get her back to Dun Laoghaire. She’ll have a fresh coat of anti-foul on, and should…