Tag: Blue Opal

  • Pre-lift status

    Pre-lift status

    Well, it’s almost lift-in time. Didn’t get everything done at the yard that I wanted done (mechanic off sick for months, knee issues), but a few things were done. First up, the hull polish. Cove strip and boot stripe were cleaned off and replaced, and the seal between the hull and the toe rail cap…

  • A decrepit steaming/deck light

    A decrepit steaming/deck light

    Blue Opal’s deck light hasn’t worked for a while, and now I know why. So much corrosion. A replacement fitting has been ordered, and since I’ve done LEDs everywhere else, I’ve opted to order an Osculati unit. Depending on how far the corrosion has gone, I may need to run a whole new power cable…

  • A Sailing Holiday – Wrap-up

    A Sailing Holiday – Wrap-up

    It was an interesting, and at times stressful, 21 days of sailing holiday. A few cases of “is the anchor dragging?”, with varying answers; some cases of the anchor refusing to bed, and breaking out when put under back-down engine load; a couple of early starts, some that we chose to make, others that the…

  • A Sailing Holiday – Greystones to Dun Laoghaire

    A Sailing Holiday – Greystones to Dun Laoghaire

    Late start to the morning, but we had no great urgency since it’s less than two hours from Greystones to Blue Opal’s mooring. We went ashore, paid for the berth, had hot showers, and went over to La Creperie for breakfast. Nice galettes. We were away by noon, and immediately faced into a sea being…

  • A Sailing Holiday – Kilmore Quay to Arklow (but actually Greystones)

    A Sailing Holiday – Kilmore Quay to Arklow (but actually Greystones)

    The passage plan for today called for us to slip from the dock at 0730, and catch the eddy tide along the shore to Carnsore Point so that we arrive by about 0940 for the flood tide. We want as much flood as we can get, so that we can get to Arklow quickly. About…

  • A Sailing Holiday – Kilmore Quay (Again)

    A Sailing Holiday – Kilmore Quay (Again)

    Saturday Slept in today, 0730 wake up call from harbour noise and bright sunshine through the hatch. Tea brewed up, and a batch of K’s biscuits in the oven just gone 0800. Showed our neighbour in the Degero (called Tom Bombadil (the boat, not the person)) how to turn his new bow thruster on and…