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James and Claire Short, Adventures at Sea!
24 February, 2013
EPIRB, fire extinguishers and water pump fitted

James has had a busy weekend!   The water pump was a little fiddly but successfully fitted which is cause for much celebration!  We've also mounted the EPIRB, fitted an extra fire extinguisher in the bunk room and replaced the old ones (cheaper than having them serviced!).  The list of jobs done is getting longer […]

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19 February, 2013
Bats in the Belfry? No the Bat's on the boat

At last we have found time to mount the WiFi Bat!   It's not all tickety-boo quite yet but we have run the wiring through the boat and mounted the bat on the gantry ... next move is to see if we can communicate with the outside world using all our new gizmos.

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16 February, 2013
Life Raft Inspection with Ocean Safety

An invaluable morning spent at Ocean Safety's site in Southampton - well worth the drive down (and thanks to Jon Lister for his impeccable driving!).   We'd booked to attend the Open Weekend and have our Life Raft inspected when we were at the Southampton Boat Show last year.    Although we've done the Sea Safety course […]

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10 February, 2013
PCC Dinner Dance and Another Trophy

Ocean Rainbow has won the Cyril Watts Trophy for the second year running!  We now have a matching pair of wine glasses and whisky tumblers.  If we can find a really safe space in which to stow the glasses we may well break our 'no glass on board' rule!

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2 February, 2013
Birthday girl takes the helm

Karen celebrated her birthday on board Ocean Rainbow yesterday and took the helm today on our shakedown sail.   It was good to have another pair of hands as we did need to make a few adjustments!

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