"Papillon" is a Robert Tucker designed 'Fantasie 19' and my first boat.. I've been sailing since the age of 15 (when I did my RYA Part 1 and 2 at Emsworth Sailing School) so I've been on the water (but more in it) for going on 30+ years now... this blog is about our adventures together - they may be small one's (because despite the years I have little experience in boats - I was mostly windsurfing!), but they are adventures none the less..

Wednesday, 23 November 2011

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

I've finished! Transat Jacques Vabre...

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...well....... in the virtual race anyway....   14,345th out of 40,000+ entries... ....it's curiously addictive - I've been playing for almost 3 weeks now so it's not surprising I suppose...  For this race I was sailing a virtual IMOCA 60 monohull (you had the option for the multi-hull...

Monday, 14 November 2011

Tender.....

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With the weather still not slowing down on the sun and warmth front, I thought I'd take the opportunity to get the first coat of paint in the tender this weekend... the instructions on the paint said it would only dry if it was over 10'C and it isn't going to be like that for very much longer, and...

Monday, 7 November 2011

Keels & moorings....

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Last year [click here], in an effort to delay the inevitable effects of seawater on metal I had given the bilge keels (which are made of uncoated/non-encapsulated steel plate) a coating of Hammerite (other rust inhibitors are undoubtedly available, but I haven't used them so no idea if they work or...

Thursday, 3 November 2011

Lift out completed - first jobs done..

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"Papillon" is safely out and sitting on her trailer in the club yard... Went OK - went very OK if I'm to be honest... I have a 'thing' about raising and lowering the mast, especially since the dis-masting [click here] but with the discovery of the A frame [click here] last season many of these fears...

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