Ramblings

  • Overhauling Iona

    Overhauling Iona

    A short clip from Saturday’s sail down to Greystones. I had been overhauling Iona quite quickly, so I furled the genoa some more to make for a slightly slower chase Even with just a partial genoa, she’s a fast boat – I’ve seen her hull, and it’s definitely that of a racing boat.

  • Harbour sailing

    Harbour sailing

    ย  A clip from cruising up the eastern portion of Dun Laoghaire harbour; around the 5:30 mark, I pass a boat that I kind of like the look of – as I pass her, I get a gander at the builder’s plate. Pacific Seacraft. Figures.

  • Ghosting in to mooring

    Ghosting in to mooring

    Ghosting into mooring on the 30th of May this year. No engines were harmed in the making of this video.

  • The sound of water

    The sound of water

    Lovely sounds as I meandered along yesterday; very tempting to take a good quality mic out with me, and record a few hours of sailing noises.

  • Dremel for the win

    Dremel for the win

    Aslana came to me with a clutch and a cleat on the starboard coachroof, and a cleat on the port coachroof. Unfortunately, everything is in different positions, so the access hatches are in different places. To top it off, the pads behind the old winch and the old cleat were feeling their age (as evidenced…

  • Dun Laoghaire Fireworks

    Dun Laoghaire Fireworks

    This performance, sadly, is the last New Year set of fireworks that the Dun Laoghaire County Council will put on. They’ve cited that the cost is too high to continue doing ๐Ÿ™