Monthly Archives: December 2024

I’m still puzzling about the batteries to use on Dulcinea – the more I search for information the more conflicting views I get!  There is a bit of a potential problem with Lithium batteries and the alternators fitted to new … Continue reading →

Back from another trip to Gosport to sort out the latest issues!   Dulcinea is currently out of the water having the new engine fitted – seeing the exhaust elbow of the old engine removed showed that keeping the old engine … Continue reading →

I have a pile of jobs in hand – like the sailor’s trousers, I don’t know where to begin! I’m going to the boat shortly to clean out the old soundproofing in the engine space while the engine is out, … Continue reading →

12 Dec 2024 After hanging about in Gosport for a day we got the boat lifted out on Wednesday – the boat had already had the engine drained and the shelves above it removed and the cockpit floor freed up … Continue reading →

The yard, engineers and the antifouling are all on track for a liftout on 10th December so maybe the boat will hopefully be back in the water by Christmas or shortly afterwards.  I’ll be going down tomorrow (9th Dec 24) … Continue reading →

It’s a 1997 boat – although actually it sat for 3 years in Moody’s yard before it was commissioned and sold, so effectively 24 years old, and little used since 2020.  It is nevertheless a boat – and boats almost … Continue reading →