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Amsterdam and Beyond

I obviously wasn’t in the mood this year for expansive blogging on our holiday, so this is a brief (ish) summary of our trip to North Holland. Having failed to persuade anyone to come with us Elizabeth and I set

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 31/08/2019
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Going In Seine

Over the last few days we’ve visited Fecamp, Le Havre and Honfleur in the mouth of the Seine, and we are now in Eastbourne having crossed the channel from Fecamp.

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 04/07/2018
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Bouncy Night in Dieppe

The Channel ferry ports are a strange mixture of cultures, pockets of period architecture in between largely brutalist post war reconstruction, run down in places, thriving in others. Dieppe was all of these plus an old fashioned seaside resort, but

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 28/06/2018
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Bonjour Boulogne-sur-Mer

Perfect sailing conditions this afternoon, reaching across the Channel in 10-12 knots of north-easterly breeze, making 7+knots through the water and a handy 2 knot tide also pushing us in the right direction.

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 26/06/2018
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Black Deep, Foulgers Gat and the London Array

Saturday 23rd June 2018. It was a bit of a rush getting away this morning and I didn’t feel as well prepared as I would have liked. We arrived on board Friday afternoon about 5pm with a list of jobs

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 23/06/2018
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Amps, lots of them!

A more successful weekend! It took three attempts but finally managed to re-run the cables for the wind generator. But once I’d got it hooked up and the new alternator installed we had a boat load of power!

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 11/06/2018
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All Quiet on the Deben

It’s nearly 10pm on the first day of June, not quite dark, and I’m on board Millie on her mooring in the Deben.  Just had some supper and a beer (or two) and finally relaxing. I got down here around

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 01/06/2018
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Millie’s New Home

After a long winter in Southwold we finally moved Millie this weekend to her new home 25 miles south at Felixstowe Ferry, at the entrance to the River Deben.  Changing from winter mode (looking like an untidy workshop inside) to

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 30/05/2018
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Electrical System Upgrades 2017/18

Moving onto a mooring and out of the shore powered confines of a marina meant we needed to be more self sufficient for power.  To live onboard Millie we need power for lighting, pumping and heating water, refrigeration, heating (diesel

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 30/05/2018
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The Solar Arch

I wasn’t sure what to call it.  I started referring to it as a gantry, but that sounded a bit industrial.  After some research I found that most people described it as a radar arch or solar arch, so I’ve

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Posted By seasicksteve Posted on 26/05/2018
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