Tag: Problems
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Noise from the rudders are not good…
Right now the forecast is for zero wind the next two days and then too much wind… So we’re doing some fixing work while waiting. On the last leg there was some noise from the rudders, which is of course not very good to hear when you are on a long crossing. We did an…
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Oceansearch position tracking bug fixed!
As many of you have noticed the tracking and climate variable monitoring system went a little haywire as we crossed from east to west of Greenwich. The developers have fixed the problem now, so our last position is now accurate. However I can’t fix the handful of samples that were bad, since the problem occurred…
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Polishing some of the experiments
Many details on the Journeyman are experimental. Most are working very well, some not at all, and some need some refinement. I have written before about the de-bubbelizing tank that the Journeyman has in the salt water inlet. The pipe that lets out the air after it has been separated from the water used to…
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Hardening the thruster
Sooo.. We’re still hanging out in Boulogne waiting for useful winds to move over to the UK. Tomorrow is looking good so far! Today I took a looooong bike ride out into the suburbs to find large sized heat-shrink tubes. It’s always difficult when you are in an unfamiliar harbour to find specialized stuff like…
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Wind wait…
Boulogne is a nice town, the marina is reasonably priced, and the weather forecast looks like beating to windward in strong winds (as usual on this trip so far) but this time in rain: Conclusion: We stay here for a while. It seems the low over Scotland will be moving away during Friday, which gives…
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Boulogne-Sur-Mer: Collateral damage. But, Yay! Fresh croissantes!
As always on the channel, 3.5 knots of tide going one way and 24 knots of wind going the other way creates interesting seas. The first victim on this leg was my beloved tea thermos, bought in Estonia. It took a bit of a sharper fall than it was designed for, and smashed. Next was…
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Lauwersoog yacht harbour: No yachts, lots of ropes…
So today we are in the Netherlands. We went into Lauwersoog, after some bounces off unexpected sand reefs off the coast. Fortunately I had foreseen this and positioned the keel about 25 cm down, so when we buried the bulb in the sand we could lift it up a bit and back off to safer…