11th October Bala

 after seeing the picture of the cockpit covered in leaves and water today i went upto BaLA and met with "Sailing with Dave"

  an early start 0630 frost on the ground and -1 the other side of Corris

lake was shorouded in mist till just before 11am

plans altered slightly because it was so cold we didnt go on the green rib to be safety for daves mirror repair test

as his bearing was playing up so he turned around and came on his own

aftera long catch up about boats we strapped the boat down then started cleaning 

what a difference it made

Dave had a good scout around the baot as well as hes hunting for a cabin cruiser for sea sailing as well

after a few chinwags and enjoying the sun dave headed home and i finished off bimbling around with mr elbow grease to make Aguila clean 

still some todo but that can be done next time 

chcking tide heights at the Gap 9th Oct

1409  3.3-3.5m 

14.10

14.11

14.12

 

Bit of cleaning again ! October

 where the boat is parked the leaves have gathered and a bit of rainfall with blocked drain holes 

hopefully sort this week

A portable gps box

Todays project was to install my Garmin striker 4c gps unit onto a portable box with the 12v 7ah battery inside , i watched this on youtube and bought the box which was about £13
 i think the one he used was bigger , but this seems fine , more stuff can be added to it latter like 12v display and hook a solar panel to charge it etc 

Garmin Striker 4c in action

showing the 12v 7ah battery 

the unit disconnected , the mount swivels and tilts 

 

more kit to be ready

 always handy to have some sort of solar panel and controller to keep things running , not sure where it will be used 

but just incase 

from ebay around £20

Boat cam

been testing a cam at home all over the summer to see how it performs

good for security so i have now bought another to actually gon  on the boat 

coupled with a mifi unit will be able to transmit to home 

with a simcard for a years worth of dat for £60 for 120gb of data 
 i can then see the gap entrance and state of the tide at any time of the day as it has night vision as awell

also if anything is on the boat it will alert with messsages and pictures 

Aberystwyth tide heights

 this lovely fishing boat came in and came to a stop so his bow was on the ground