An important annual service check on a diesel engine is to check the drive belt and bearing condition on all engine-driven accessories including the alternator and coolant pump. The video below steps through this simple service check on our John Deere 6068AFM75. The engine is a 266 hp, M2-rated marine diesel that is just…
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Portland to Gigha
Our initial plan was to stop in Ireland to refuel on our way to Scotland from Portland. But the occupants of any boat arriving in Ireland are placed under a 14-day quarantine for COVID-19, and tax-free diesel is no longer available for pleasure craft. We also didn’t want to risk departing the UK and not…
WeBost Cell Signal Booster Test
Sometime back we bought a WeBost Cell Signal Booster and tested it carefully on the boat. We tried putting the phones in a low corner of the engine room to degrade the signal as much as possible and then tested the cell booster off and on. The signal booster made absolutely no difference across a…
A Gentle Giant
Django often comes to the dog park on the weekend. Dora featured her friend on the blog just last week.
Dora and Django always have a good time.
Today Dad decided we should let Dee Dee join in too. We’re not sure if it was the training we’ve been working on or just the fact Django is twice her size, but Dee Dee was the perfect dog park buddy. What a good girl.
Isolation
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Portland, UK
1,300-acre (520-hectare) Portland Harbour was the largest man-made harbour in the world when completed in 1872 (it’s now the fourth largest). The huge harbour, exposed to strong English Channel winds but protected from their waves, is one of the best places for sailing in the UK. Both times we visited we’ve seen plenty of on-water…
New Blog
Hey, Drift Away blog followers.I’m not sure why, but I started a new blog. It is called Observatatin’. This is about nothing, really, just tidbits of life that I find interesting or amusing. It will not be updated everyday. I’m …
New Blog
Hey, Drift Away blog followers.I’m not sure why, but I started a new blog. It is called Observatatin’. This is about nothing, really, just tidbits of life that I find interesting or amusing. It will not be updated everyday. I’m …
Dora Too!
For the past few weeks Dylan and Dora have been tearing up the dog park with a new friend. A sweet boxer named, wait for it…. Dora!
Dora and Dora love to play bitey face and chase and tug-of-war. The girls had so much fun the two Doras even started meeting in the afternoon for a second play date.
But alas, all good things must come to an end. The “other” Dora’s parents are leaving this afternoon making this morning the final play date, for awhile anyway.
Stay safe, Dora, until we meet again.
Ramsgate to Portland
We departed Ramsgate at 8pm with the winds blowing in the 20s behind us. We expected conditions to settle down soon and wanted to take advantage of calm overnight weather to make a 125-mile run to the Isle of Wight, or possibly, a further 50 miles to Portland. The winds did indeed drop off, and…
