Category: Uncategorized
-
Serina’s Auxiliary motor
After last summer’s visit with Serina to the Helford, I thought it would be fun to have an electric outboard for the dinghy to allow us to visit some of the places I’m not brave enough to take Serina. But then it occurred to me that if I was carrying an outboard around, wouldn’t it…
-
Serina’s Engine Saga
Serina‘s engine has been pretty reliable. It was installed when she was built in 2006 so is now about 12 years old. It is a Lombardini LDW 502M. I’ve had a few problems over the years, but they have mainly been electrical and since replacing the battery and installing more substantial cables and connectors, things…
-
Relaunching Serina – March 2018
When it came to re-launching Serina on March 13th, she was looking as beautiful as ever. Simon’s ability to polish Serina‘s hull is remarkable. Here’s a portrait of Simon…. Reflected in Serina‘s hull! Sadly, when I came to start Serina‘s engine, no luck. Dead as a …. I had to get Serina towed back to…
-
Polishing and Antifouling – winter 2018
There’s not a lot to say – except that Simon and I are trying a season without applying propeller paint this year. Let’s see how it goes.
-
More cracks in Serina’s mast
During the summer of 2017 I noticed another crack in Serina’s mast. I marked it with a pen – to see if there was any spread during the rest of the year. I didn’t know if this cracked when sailing, or when I put Serina on the trailer and took her to Cornwall. In preparing…
-
Repairing Serina’s Pintles
During the 2017 season Serina’s rudder started making knocking sounds. There seemed to be excessive play on the pintles. After discussions with Simon in the autumn, we decided it was was time to investigate. Here’s what we discovered when Simon removed Serina’s rudder. A badly-worn pin/”stump” at the bottom of the rudder. Where does this…
-
Serina’s tiller delaminating – again
During August I notice that Serina’s tiller was delaminating again. The cracks appeared very fine – less than 0.5mm – but I didn’t like the look of them, so I arranged to visit Simon Beaven again to investigate. When sailing, it seemed that the cracks opened up more – as the tiller was put hard…
-
5: Winter 2016-17: Reassembling
A few pictures that Simon took as he put Serina back together. Here is the centre-plate at the pivot point. The picture below is taken looking down into the centre-plate well. The cylinder is at the top of the picture, running down until its jaws attach to the trailing edge of the centre-plate. The jaws…
-
7: Winter 2016-17: The unexpected mast repair
On the day before Serina was due to be launched, Simon noticed a crack in the mainmast. He was curious and flaked-off some more paint to investigate. This is what he found: This looked like a crack in the carbon-fibre so he carried on investigating: This appears to be a seam between two pieces of…
Romilly - Serina’s 
You must be logged in to post a comment.