For the longest time, I’ve been talking about having a boat, floating about and having a laugh. Up until recently, much of this has been focused on the boating side of things, now it’s time to move on.In September, we gave notice at our ‘home’ marina -…
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Staysail now on a roller furler
Hmm, the picture did not quite come out as planned.Still, if you look closely you will see that the big sail that is normally furled up at the very front of Arctic Rose is off, and lying on the deck.The wire where the inner, staysail, goes on behind th…
Staysail now on a roller furler
Hmm, the picture did not quite come out as planned.Still, if you look closely you will see that the big sail that is normally furled up at the very front of Arctic Rose is off, and lying on the deck.The wire where the inner, staysail, goes on behind th…
New running rigging
The dirty ropes you can see in the picture is my old running rigging (sheets and halyards), which have been somewhat overdue for replacement, while the nice clean ropes at the top of the picture and in the foreground are the new ropes.It’s only when I …
New running rigging
The dirty ropes you can see in the picture is my old running rigging (sheets and halyards), which have been somewhat overdue for replacement, while the nice clean ropes at the top of the picture and in the foreground are the new ropes.It’s only when I …
Kahu sinks after burning to the waterline at East Cowes
The picture shows some of the equipment brought in to recover Kahu after she caught fire and sunk at East Cowes.The storey is best told here: http://www.boatinternational.com/2013/11/06/fire-damaged-23m-motor-yacht-kahu-sinks-in-east-cowes-marina-…
Kahu sinks after burning to the waterline at East Cowes
The picture shows some of the equipment brought in to recover Kahu after she caught fire and sunk at East Cowes.The storey is best told here: http://www.boatinternational.com/2013/11/06/fire-damaged-23m-motor-yacht-kahu-sinks-in-east-cowes-marina-…
Rigging next
All the washing, brushing and painting has now been done and Arctic Rose is now back in her natural element again.This is the time I fear the most – bumping her up alongside and making a mess of the beautiful new finish before we get to enjoy the benef…
Rigging next
All the washing, brushing and painting has now been done and Arctic Rose is now back in her natural element again.This is the time I fear the most – bumping her up alongside and making a mess of the beautiful new finish before we get to enjoy the benef…
Nearly done
Here you see Arctic Rose, after some tender loving care while she has been ashore.All that’s left to do here is sorting out the rough edges on the white bits that mark top edge of the waterline. The boot top it’s called.She is looking pretty good, even…
