So much fuss is made about the dangers of falling overboard at sea but the magazines rarely warn against the dangers of falling aboveboard in the yard! Admittedly you are unlikely to drown but it’s a lot further to fall and concrete is far less yielding than water. So with diesel all over my shoes …
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An emotional week
This week after over 30 years working for the NHS I have handed my notice in and am taking early retirement!! This is so we can spend time sailing on Flamingo without worrying about returning for work, and I don’t have to wonder which weekends I’ll be working and do they fit in with tide …
Heater, Navtex, VHF and Stern Gland
I had a really good day working on the boat on Saturday with lots of encouraging progress. I have re-fitted the VHF radio and the Navtex unit both of which live in the same housing. The VHF has the facility to automatically sound the fog horn when visibility is poor; when I originally fitted it …
Chart Corrections
We use paper charts for most of our navigation, they have many advantages over electronic charts, for example you can fold out the whole chart and have a look at the ‘big picture’. Another big advantage is that they still work if you have an electrical failure or an equipment failure. One problem with paper …
Heating
Big news (and big expense), we have finally made a decision and spent some money; we now own two very expensive boxes full of stuff labelled Webasto, that will hopefully fill the boat with lovely warm air if I can install it properly. The supplied instructions are for fitting a different heater into a lorry, …
Planned Chart Corrections
Chart corrections tomorrow, out with the purple pen, woo hoo!
Flamingo’s Adventures
“I hate storms, but calms undermine my spirits.” 31st December 2018 New year’s eve, 2019 is just around the corner and we are beginning to believe that our adventure might actually be going to happen. We now have three months to get the boat put back together and into a state where we can live …
Parker 275 Flamingo's Adventures 