Category: Sailing
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Shrouds complete
The last set of shrouds have been installed. The mast and rigging work is now complete and the sailmaker will hopefully come past this weekend to measure Aslana for a new set of sails (genoa and main). Barring all the small jobs, like the rudder, water tank, electrics and anti-fouling paint, she’s ready for the…
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Identifying the old bits
After perusing the manufacturer’s brochure for the Pandora International, I’ve realised that the following items (minimum) are probably from 1974: until yesterday, her boom (or at least it was the exact same layout) her rudder the hand pump in the galley (which is getting replaced) the sliding table on port the put-away table on starboard…
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MOD70s come to town
The MOD70 trimarans came through Dun Laoghaire as part of their racing circuit. Slow is not a word you would use to describe these boats.
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Sailing Along
Hand-holding the GoPro at the rubbing strake level, cruising through Scotsman’s Bay on the way to Killiney Bay.
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Bequia to St. Vincent to Barbados
Up before the sun. Tidied up the ropes, and we were off into the Bequia channel by 0650 (after bathing Mum in vinegar because she ran in to some jellyfish on her morning swim). The channel was rougher than the leg down, but nowhere near as rough as we’ve seen it before, so it was…
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Bequia Redux
Up at 06:00. Hot night, even with the windscoop. Came up on deck to find us pointing to the west, which is even more unusual than pointing to the south. Some small entertainment on the ‘Sailing’ channel – a charter yacht arrived around 06:10, dropped anchor, lifted anchor, moved, dropped anchor, lifted anchor, moved and…