A final season in the Baltic
After our handover sail, we began a week of filling up the boat with our gear, and fitting all the little bits and pieces that make everything run smoothly, and all the little bits of necessities that we had forgotten. And completing the small list of snag items and missing bits. Among the snag items […]
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And here at last is our lovely boat! Ready to sail, with two wheels, and we are just waiting for the wooden bridge down river to open at 13:00. Richie, our commissioning engineer from Inspiration Marine, had flown out for four days to ensure everything went smoothly, and that (most) things got finished, and […]
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Our plan was to arrive at the factory in Greifswald a few days before handover, to be on hand to answer any queries, and check that everything was as expected. This turned out to be a VERY good plan indeed. We arrived late on Monday evening and set off to find our boat on […]
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Saturday evening, 21st April 2018, and we were packed up, trailer loaded, and off to catch the overnight ferry to Liverpool. It was a beautiful evening in Fahan, and we felt a little strange to be leaving Donegal for the entire summer. The trailer and car were so stuffed, it was almost impossible to squeeze […]
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Our boat is a boat! Today we took delivery of our new Dehler 38 in Griefswald. It has been shrink wrapped to protect it from the rain and snow during the Eastern German winter, and is in the yard at the factory, waiting for us to arrive in April to complete commissioning and handover. […]
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AIS is a wonderful piece of technology which is fitted to all commercial boats, and to many non-commercial craft too. It transmits the current position of the boat, its speed and direction, and often its port of departure, destination and cargo. This can be seen by all other boats in the vicinity, which is a […]
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