Ramblings

  • 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 🙁

  • DMYC September Series 2013

    DMYC September Series 2013

    The September Series is an annual set of races run by the DMYC. Some years I race, other years I’m the RO, and yet other years I’m in a RIB with a camera. This year, I was in a RIB.

  • Greystones and back

    Greystones and back

      The GPS logger was turned on for the trip to Greystones and back, and after a bit of searching I found http://mygpsfiles.com/app/. It ingests the GPX file from my logger, and can animate the resulting course, complete with the speed in knots.