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Fuel filters.
An important part of creating a reliable fuel system, is the choice of the right primary fuel filters. This is the first filter (or set of filters) we meet in the fuel system, going from the tank to t… more →
Stranded on the Largest Island
Fuel filters.
Stranded Mariner wrote 1 week ago: An important part of creating a reliable fuel system, is the choice of the right primary fuel filter … more →
Shin Nishinomiya Yacht Harbour.
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Stranded Mariner wrote 3 months ago: During one of my recent visits to Kobe, I had a bit of time for myself one afternoon. So I took the … more →
Long overdue update on 'Waratah'.
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Stranded Mariner wrote 3 months ago: I had so much trouble with my internet connection, and the Great Firewall of China in the past few w … more →
The power plant.
Stranded Mariner wrote 5 months ago: ‘Waratah’ will have a main electrical system which is 24 VDC. There is some equipment, l … more →
Holding tanks.
Stranded Mariner wrote 5 months ago: After a number of modifications the sewage holding tanks are now up to my liking. ‘Waratah … more →
Roughing it out.
Stranded Mariner wrote 5 months ago: ‘A picture tells more than 1000 words’, is how the saying goes. Well, here are a few mo … more →
Jessica Watson, youngest solo around the world.
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Stranded Mariner wrote 5 months ago: A big heads-up for the web site of 15 year old Jessica Watson, youngest round. Jessica is setting ou … more →
Propeller shaft.
Stranded Mariner wrote 5 months ago: A few pictures of the propeller shaft arrangement. The first 3 pictures show the outside. The whole … more →
Christmas in Thailand.
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: On December 20 we left for Phuket via Bangkok. We had rented a boat from Rob Williams’ YachtPr … more →
Merry Christmas!
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Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: An early Merry Christmas to you all from the Stranded Mariner. I am taking the family to a short hol … more →
The sail plan.
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: ‘Waratah’ will have a so called cutter rig. It consists of one main sail, with full batt … more →
Outfitting (3).
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: Some more pictures of the progress on ‘Waratah’. The first one is a shot of the propelle … more →
Windvane steering.
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: ‘Waratah’ will have windvane steering. After having done quite a bit of research, I sele … more →
YachtPro: Sailing in Paradise.
Stranded Mariner wrote 6 months ago: When I started out planning to get my own boat built, I also realized that it had been quite a long … more →
Outfitting (2).
Stranded Mariner wrote 7 months ago: Here some more pictures of the fitting out of ‘Waratah’. The first four show the progres … more →
Outfitting (1).
Stranded Mariner wrote 8 months ago: Another overdue update on the outfitting of ‘Waratah’. The first two pictures show the i … more →
More on the hull.
Stranded Mariner wrote 8 months ago: The first 3 pictures are showing the hull with studs where the zink anodes are going to be fitted. T … more →
A day at the lake.
Stranded Mariner wrote 10 months ago: Nowadays on Sundays I go sailing with the Shanghai Boat and Yacht Club. We use the facilities of the … more →
Pouring of the lead ballast.
Stranded Mariner wrote 10 months ago: ‘Waratah’ needs 4000 kg of lead ballast in the keel. It was quite difficult to get such … more →
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