Sirenia

• Jun. 2, 2009 - Back afloat

Well we had a interesting trip down to the Orwell.
The nearside rear wheel bearing cried enough with about 20 miles to go.
We let it cool down fo a while and then carried on slowly with fingers crossed.
The truckers on the A14 where not to happy with us crawling along at 30 mph.
Make a change as I am usually stuck behind them while their sit side by side for mile after mile.

Anyway we made it to Levington and launched Sirenia.
The starter motor really did not wan to play so we had to rope her over to the nearest pontoon.
Then it was a quick check for leaks.
There was no water getting in around the keel but the new transducer under the forcabin bunk was leaking a bit.
That was soon cured.

We persuaded the started motor to play by shorting out the terminals on it.
Following that is was sort  of o.k for the rest of the week.

Filled up with fuel and went out to one of the buoys of SYH to get the sails on.
Met up with a fellow fourmitte and layed along side him to get things sorted and then of for a first sail.
Magic.
I could not get tha silly grin off my face.

Spent the rest of the week around the area commissioning bits of kit, sailing and finishing of some none critical items.

Still quite a few things to do but she is now very usable.

She is now on her new mooring at Ramsholt and I am back in Cambridge.
I keep checking on her using the alarm system that will text me with a status report in response to a text from me.

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• Jul. 27, 2009 - Sirenia

Posted by Roger
Hi Clive
Just been reading all about your progress and successfull launch. You must have gained a lot of experience, so maybe you could post some comments under 'Projects' on www.evolutionyachts.info.
I would be very interested in your alarm system!

well done!
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