Chores in the morning, including Stew and Joe delving deep into the bilges to try and find why we were taking on water in Ramsgate. The wind had picked up suddenly in the night, and we had started rolling quite a bit. We were in the outer harbour, and the Read more…
We’ve been having some issues with the port engine periodically cutting out. For the last 3 days we’ve needed to clean the fuel filters each day. Not just a tedious exercise, but at ~ £20 each, replacing these daily would get expensive, quick. The concensus had finally been reached that Read more…
A rolly night at anchor off Holme, so we took it in turns to check the anchor every hour. By 4am it was low water and we were sheltered behind sand bars and could get some sleep. At 11:00 the wind started to fill in, light at first but growing Read more…
Last night the water pump packed in and this morning the fridge gave up. Plus the broken bilge pump from yesterday, meant it would be great to have an electrician on board. But Joe was up to the challenge, fitting a new pump and fixing the switch. Just the fridge Read more…
The main task for today was to refuel. Mentor has two tanks for each engine; which thanks to the RNLI we have clear diagrams for. On a boat this is super helpful, as everything is so tightly fitted in its sometimes hard to trace a cable from one end of Read more…
We all got up early to pack the van, it took multiple trolley loads and some careful packing, but were soon waving Joe and Stew off as we headed off to Kings Cross for the train (we didn’t all fit). Oscars hasn’t had a chance to do anything touristy, so Read more…
Probably the most important and largest expense of the expedition and the one that has taken many hours of research to hopefully get right was the Support Vessel. We had a number of requirements: Seaworthiness. Sounds obvious but 90% of boats we saw for sale wouldn’t have been able Read more…