Maintenance work on Lady Cindy
In this blog entry.. crashing the boat, crossing the English Channel, playing dodgem with big ships, storms, checking into France after Brexit and more changes in plans (why do I bother planning?). Let’s start with the embarrassing 😳 bit, hopefully you will have forgotten all about this by the time you reach the end of […]
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We left Milford Haven and had a great sail with good winds and moderate seas to Lundy and then on to Padstow. That’s the good news… the bad news is that Ffion was seasick the whole time and when we arrived in Padstow the anchorage near the lifeboat station was very bumpy. Things got worse
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Lady Cindy has spent the last two weeks out of the water to have her bottom cleaned; we all need one of those. No issues were found with the hull, so we rubbed her down and applied new anti foul. The blue section got polish and a touch-up wherever the gel coat was damaged. All
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Note that the title is managing, not preventing! Dampness is an inevitable fact of living above a large body of water out in the open so water can come in from any direction. Add to that the moisture in the air from evaporation of bilge water and from your breath, there are many sources of
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Last year I installed Lithium batteries from Sterling Power onto Lady Cindy. This is how I did it and a summary of how the system is working out in real usage. The problem with lead Lead acid batteries traditionally used in boats suffer from a major problem over time… sulphation. This reduces their life span
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Wow, it’s over two months since my last blog entry 😳 I am sure nobody noticed 🤣 Up until New year’s eve, I was working 5 nights a week in Tescos from 5pm till midnight and on my days off I usual either went to Ffions or she came up to stay on the boat
I have started the changes I want to Lady Cindy’s interior this week with the V berth. I have lowered the bed by several inches which gives extra head room. There is still a lot to do in there with a new cupboard, painting and work on the side and roof panels but the bed
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No, of course not 😊 A three day trip to Alton Towers that turned into four days, plus Ffions birthday week (why just have one day when can have a week?). Smiles and laughter have been the theme. Ffions mum looked after Dotty while we were away. She howled, escaped across a busy road looking
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I have moved the boat to Aberystwyth Marina on a 6 month winter mooring package a week earlier than planned. The weather has changed this week with a colder and windier outlook. When preparing to leave Aber laat week, i noticed a leaking fuel hose, I managed to find a replacement online. During the winter
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Since returning to New Quay I have spent as much time ashore as on the boat. I have spent a lot of time at Ffions house and their field where Ffion keeps her horses. I have been helping her dad by moving tons of ballast, dismantling a shed, moving swings etc. I have done some