Ramblings

  • Rendering walls, examining showers

    Rendering walls, examining showers

    Pretty much all of the bonding on walls has now been removed in the house, and sand/cement render has taken its place. The piping in the closet (to the cylinder) is looking a bit out of place at the moment, and the builder is suggesting “hey, what if we move the cylinder?” – to be…

  • More teak work

    More teak work

    I found an old bottle of teak oil when I packed up my apartment, so today saw a test application after washing half of the cockpit teak with ecomarine teak cleaner. Also went out for a sail today; forecast was for the wind to fill in around noon, which it duly did. Itโ€™s more than…

  • Pano-dawn

    Pano-dawn

    Woke up to this dawn, and was quite happy with it. Decided to try cleaning the teak in the cockpit, so the starboard side is now done, and once dry I can compare with the port side to see the difference (and then clean the port side).

  • Engine maintenance – new filter

    Engine maintenance – new filter

    Blue Opal has been emitting white-blueish smoke at high revs, which is a new development. The oil level is about 3/4 on the dipstick, so she’s not over-full on oil. I figured it was a good time to change the fuel filter, as the last change was when I bought her. The filter came off…

  • A morning visitor

    A morning visitor

  • Good morning

    Good morning