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Finally Patch and I managed to sail Arctic Rose to Yarmouth, on the Isle of Wight, this last weekend.When I say sail, I actually mean motor, as the wind was from directly in front of us, with big rolling waves coming from the same direction, making doi…

It’s a garden bench, and nothing to do with the boat, I know.Actually it is relevant, as I’ve been looking into what to do about the exterior woodwork on Arctic Rose.I know from past experience that varnish, done well, looks beautiful. The trouble is t…

It’s a garden bench, and nothing to do with the boat, I know.Actually it is relevant, as I’ve been looking into what to do about the exterior woodwork on Arctic Rose.I know from past experience that varnish, done well, looks beautiful. The trouble is t…

So the preval was a big success, with the spray job turning out somewhat better than I expected really.What was not so much of a success was the colour of the touch up paint.I know the picture does not show it so well, but the colour is definitely a so…

So the preval was a big success, with the spray job turning out somewhat better than I expected really.What was not so much of a success was the colour of the touch up paint.I know the picture does not show it so well, but the colour is definitely a so…

It occurred to me when asking the guys at http://marineware.com/ about the paint I needed, to ask if they knew of some kind of compressed air arrangement, like the spray paint cans you can buy, which would work with small amounts of their pai…

It occurred to me when asking the guys at http://marineware.com/ about the paint I needed, to ask if they knew of some kind of compressed air arrangement, like the spray paint cans you can buy, which would work with small amounts of their pai…

Here is Arctic Rose, back at the Folly again.Soon they will be thinking I want a permanent berth there.The original plan was that we would visit Newtown, but the weather had other ideas.So much so that poor Patch was quite seasick before we were even h…

Here is Arctic Rose, back at the Folly again.Soon they will be thinking I want a permanent berth there.The original plan was that we would visit Newtown, but the weather had other ideas.So much so that poor Patch was quite seasick before we were even h…

I really, really, like good service from companies.As part of the effort to restore the storm damage I suffered a few weeks ago, I emailed the former owner and was told the blue colour of the hull is the same colour as the hulls of the RNLI lifeboats -…