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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 →

Dulcinea is our Moody 40 – we bought her in July 2024, when she was berthed in Premier Marina, Gosport, with the intention of taking her to the West Coast of Scotland in 2025.  In the meantime there is much … Continue reading →