Faith. Politics. Tech. Sailing.
by Simon
2024’s “Epic Voyage” It’s been a long time since I updated Goshawk’s blog – or indeed any of my website! I was going to write a post about the (inevitable!) issues that we encountered with Goshawk of Mon last summer, but I thought that before I did so, it might be good to report on …
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It’s a very low tide tonight… …and Goshawk’s sitting on the mud.
by Simon
And so the season begins Our 2024 sailing season didn’t get off to the best of starts. After we hit a rope in the water last season, which rendered our engine unusable, we had a new prop shaft and coupling installed (at great expense, inevitably) over the winter. It transpires that when the boat was …
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It’s June and my Westerly Centaur, Goshawk of Møn is still on the hardstanding at Titchmarsh Marina! How can this be? Well it certainly wasn’t the plan! A couple of weekends ago, my friend Stephen and I met at Titchmarsh to do some work on Goshawk. Stephen is a certifiable genius, one of the smartest …
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Progress seems to be being made. Goshawk of Møn is slowly being readied for the season! Last time I wrote I mentioned that the bolt rope on the genoa would not fit the new furling gear, which was an unexpected hiccup. I’m pleased to report that the cost of fitting a new luff tape that …
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The rigger is hard at work replacing the standing rigging on Goshawk of Møn, my Westerly Centaur. As ever, this things are never as straightforward as they seem! I’ve already mentioned the problem he encountered with the wiring. Now he’s hit upon an issue with the furling gear for the genoa. This was no longer …
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It’s been some time since I last updated Goshawk’s blog. Suffice it to say that we had a wonderful season in 2022, with the highlight being a family trip to Suffolk Yacht Harbour. Ordinarily, Goshawk of Møn, my Westerly Centaur, would have been launched at Easter, but this year we’re a little behind because of …
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Yesterday my parents-in-law came to visit. My father-in-law, Chris, has been desperate to see Goshawk of Møn, and he’s also very practical, so he came at just the right time. A couple of weeks ago when we last took Goshawk out, I started her engine on the mooring, and all went very well. Later on, …
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Goshawk didn’t leave her mooring today but, as we’re heading home today, I spent some time pootling, tidying and sorting. The first task was to take a multimeter to the batteries to establish whether the problem we had starting the engine was due to lack of power in the batteries. Thankfully both of the batteries …
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The day after Goshawk’s maiden voyage, when I had sailed her from Titchmarsh Marina to Wrabness with a great deal of assistance from my cousin James, I was desperate to take my whole family for a short sail around the Stour. We started a little later than planned (we had, of course, to drive to …
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