After two short hops with an overnight anchoring at Lagos Bay, we reached Gibraltar or rather its Spanish counterpart, La Línea de la Concepción. We docked at Alcaidesa Marina on November 1st, 2019. The stopover there was much needed as…
Re-fit is moving along.
Since June 2018 ‘Jemm of the Sea II’ was on the hard at Port Napoleon (Port Napoleon on a map) She’s been worked on extensively: new engine, new genset, a new range and all those other things that EMEK…
The Sad State of Things.
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Wine bar!
Nothing special to write about it, we just enjoy it!
Alternator
After two day work I finally replaced my stinky 55A stock Hitachi alternator with a powerful 150A Balmar 6-series paired with MC-614 external smart regulator. It came with the Balmar own AltMount serpentine belt conversion kit as a single V-belt…
New electronics
Just wired some addition to my nav electronics, from Furuno. Class B AIS (L) – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Identification_System Weather Fax and Navtex (M) – Radiofax aka Weatherfax and Navtex Ethernat marine Hub (R) – to interconnect them to the laptop In the…
Got gas?
Yes, we’ve got it. This was my propane locker after I removed it this past December and I tried to fix it. It was leaking both into and around it, to the inside of the boat. Some good folks at…
Leaky faucet.
After fixing a leaky deadlight now I’ve discovered a leaky faucet in the galley. After fruitless efforts to seal it by replacing seals and o-rings I had to decide to swap it for a new one. That called for pulling…