Category Archives: Marblehead Specific

Water Level Rising!!

Sunday 24th November :

The water has started to be pumped back in this week! Reservoir Maintenance must be complete – hurrah!!

The North Beach is now submerged, and in the photo you can see the north steps reach the water now.

It was blowing Storm Bert today – 60mph gusts. Blimey, so strong only the windsurfers were out.

On the upside, we had a great group of radio sailing members arrive for bacon rolls and coffee. Very sociable! Nigel was here to regale us to stories from the IOM World Championship in Australia. Fantastic! Learned a lot….

Beginners Guide to Diagnosing Under-Deck Problems – Electrical/Radio/Winch/Servo….!!

I had a little outage last Marblehead Sunday. The boat slipped into Failsafe mode and drifted quietly off toward the Royal Castle of Windsor!!

The Commodore leapt into RIB duty mode and helped me get it back, no problem! Useful to take a lifter with you! As soon as racing finished, in classic Datchet manner… everyone gathered around, tool boxes came out, to get my fault diagnosed.

It was pretty educational and a great learning to see them go about it. We quite quickly figured all the electrics and radio were OK and identified the winch as a possible failure point. It was great to see them checking out the transmitter, receiver, battery, cabling etc.

All this learning was a delight. So as not to lose it, I have documented the diagnostic and repair process here. If you find yourself in a similar position, it may be helpful. Click below to download.

Click to access sailing-pdf-version-v2-diagnosing-under-deck-problems-jul-2024.pdf

Euro Nations Cup for Marbleheads – Coming Up !!

Next Weeknd, July 6-7th is the Marblehead Euro Nations Cup … A key interest for Datchet is that our esteemed Commodore was 8th to get his entry in – so for sure, the restaurants must be good!!

42 entries last time I counted, so it’s a big event!!

Good luck, Phil !!