Freezing wind over most of the Med

[MapisM]

Roll on global warming, I say.
So far, with the exception of a few days which I just spent in the N Adriatic, I've yet to see the end of the summer, down here in CF.
Otoh, according to the forecasts, a very large area of freezing winds is to be expected by monday - see below.
Buuuut... Ain't it nice to see which bit of Sardinia remains just outside the area affected? I love this place...!

 

[vas]

no wind and lovely 15C an hour ago when I was walking back home from the boat (all the 400metres of it )

on my third coat of Owatrol (on the radar base iroko plinth), bloody thing needs SIX coats with 12h intervals, doubt it's going to remain dry until Tue though...

V.

 

[AndieMac]

Yes, the tropical SW :encouragement: you only just made though!

I assume you are ashore in CF these days?

Are you planning to "tough it out" during the European winter at home, or escape to a warmer climate?

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Its really tough here in SoF. We're burning scatter cushions in order to keep warm on board our boat. Personally I blame Brexit

 

[MapisM]

I assume you are ashore in CF these days?
Are you planning to "tough it out" during the European winter at home, or escape to a warmer climate?

Hi C, actually we are onboard the old lady as I'm writing.
Having sold her to some good friends of ours (which I don't think you met, though) does have some advantages, since they don't use her at all off season, and they are more than happy to let us take good care of her.
So, for us it's pretty much like being at home, as we've always been with her!

We have home exchange trips planned for this winter, but not down under I'm afraid - otherwise I would have told you, of course.
One week in Portugal before Christmas, and a couple of months in the US and Panama later on.
Just in time to come back for the final preparations on the new toy, before the 1200Nm delivery trip, early next summer.
I'll send you more details in due course... :encouragement:

 

[AndieMac]

Its really tough here in SoF. We're burning scatter cushions in order to keep warm on board our boat. Personally I blame Brexit

Love it

 

[BartW]

...
Just in time to come back for the final preparations on the new toy, before the 1200Nm delivery trip, early next summer.
I'll send you more details in due course... :encouragement:

any rough idea about your timing of the delivery trip ?

 

[MapisM]

Its really tough here in SoF. We're burning scatter cushions in order to keep warm on board our boat. Personally I blame Brexit

LOL, nice to hear that we are not alone in liking to stay onboard also off season.
I'm sure you won't need to resort to an onboard fire anyway, since I had the opportunity to appreciate the efficiency of the a/c system also for heating, on your fine boat! :encouragement:

 

[MapisM]

any rough idea about your timing of the delivery trip ?

We should leave sometime during May, but as far as the length/stops are concerned, no idea yet.
We'll definitely take it easy anyway, exploiting all our memories of a whole decade of Croatian boating.
There are literally dozens of anchorages along the HR archipelago which we want to see again.
And then Apulia and Sicily... Plenty of great places, along that route!

 

[AndieMac]

Hi C, actually we are onboard the old lady as I'm writing.
Having sold her to some good friends of ours (which I don't think you met, though) does have some advantages, since they don't use her at all off season, and they are more than happy to let us take good care of her.
So, for us it's pretty much like being at home, as we've always been with her!

We have home exchange trips planned for this winter, but not down under I'm afraid - otherwise I would have told you, of course.
One week in Portugal before Christmas, and a couple of months in the US and Panama later on.
Just in time to come back for the final preparations on the new toy, before the 1200Nm delivery trip, early next summer.
I'll send you more details in due course... :encouragement:

The new owner would be very aware nobody would take better care of the boat than you folks, you have such a great group of friends in CF.
I'm keen to hear how things go in Central America/US.
Such a tough life, deciding between boating holidays and non-boating holidays.....

 

[MapisM]

I'm keen to hear how things go in Central America/US.

It'll be my pleasure to post some pics, though I must say that after the Photobucket ransom which I didn't accept (more as a point in principle than for the $400 as such), I'm a bit wary of investing time in preparing trip reports which are dependent on some temperamental website owners.
I'm using imgbox atm, which ain't too bad and completely FoC - but who knows till when...?

Oh, well. After all, we are living in a world where the main problem with information/video/pics is that there's too much of all that.
Better to just live the moments, than trying to document them.
Whatever doesn't stick to memory, ain't worth remembering!

 

[Nigelpickin]

Roll on global warming, I say.
So far, with the exception of a few days which I just spent in the N Adriatic, I've yet to see the end of the summer, down here in CF.
Otoh, according to the forecasts, a very large area of freezing winds is to be expected by monday - see below.
Buuuut... Ain't it nice to see which bit of Sardinia remains just outside the area affected? I love this place...!

It’s been an extremely long ‘summer’ in Portugal, we were hiking near Porto a couple of days ago and it was mid 20’s....

However, tomorrow we are sailing the new boat from the Vendee across Biscay and then down to Portugal and it’s achingly cold

I will be taking photographs however, less for my enjoyment and more for the ‘found footage’ value - should the crossing become Newsworthy

 

[Portofino]

The 1st snow arrived 5 sept , so we 8uggered off to SoF for a month ,
How ever past few weeks it’s arrived and settled , they planned to open the ski lifts this W/ E.
Feels like it’s gonna be cold season .

https://imgur.com/gallery/kRoa5

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

LOL, nice to hear that we are not alone in liking to stay onboard also off season.
I'm sure you won't need to resort to an onboard fire anyway, since I had the opportunity to appreciate the efficiency of the a/c system also for heating, on your fine boat! :encouragement:

The boss doesnt like the heat from the a/c. Apparently its too dry and ruins her complexion so she has demanded a real living fire. 5 degC forecast for tonight. We may not survive the night

 

[MapisM]

And now you're telling me...!?
You can stop looking around, 'cause myself and Scubaman already found and inspected your next boat a few years ago, along the Finland coast. It's just a matter to check if she's still available.
Below is one pic, but all you need to know is that the steel tube which you can see right under the radar is not a dry stack for the engine exhaust, but a proper chimney for the wooden stove inside her...
I kid you not!

 

[Deleted User YDKXO]

Below is one pic, but all you need to know is that the steel tube which you can see right under the radar is not a dry stack for the engine exhaust, but a proper chimney for the wooden stove inside her...

A wood burning stove on a wooden boat? So if he runs out of fuel he can just rip a stringer out of his bilges and chop it up for burning? The ultimate renewable boat

 

[MapisM]

Yep, 100% timber.
And all DIY construction, from a very nice chap, who invited us to see her inside.
You can barely see truly yours behind stbd windscreen glass, in fact.
Good thing that at least one of us between myself and Scubaman could speak Finnish - no prize for guessing that it wasn't me!
If I should make a ranking of the most interesting boats I've ever seen, she's bound to deserve a place somewhere among the first 10.
She also had a very peculiar shaft transmission, but I can't off the top of my head remember the details.
Maybe Scubaman can help, if he reads this...?

 

[MrB]

The 1st snow arrived 5 sept , so we 8uggered off to SoF for a month ,
How ever past few weeks it’s arrived and settled , they planned to open the ski lifts this W/ E.
Feels like it’s gonna be cold season .

https://imgur.com/gallery/kRoa5

The comments under the photos are funny lol. :encouragement:

 

[AndieMac]

And now you're telling me...!?
You can stop looking around, 'cause myself and Scubaman already found and inspected your next boat a few years ago, along the Finland coast. It's just a matter to check if she's still available.
Below is one pic, but all you need to know is that the steel tube which you can see right under the radar is not a dry stack for the engine exhaust, but a proper chimney for the wooden stove inside her...
I kid you not!

The pot belly stove concept has been widely used in the UK, canal based narrow boats for quite a while MM, for those living aboard during the winter.

 

[scubaman]

Yep, 100% timber.
And all DIY construction, from a very nice chap, who invited us to see her inside.
You can barely see truly yours behind stbd windscreen glass, in fact.
Good thing that at least one of us between myself and Scubaman could speak Finnish - no prize for guessing that it wasn't me!
If I should make a ranking of the most interesting boats I've ever seen, she's bound to deserve a place somewhere among the first 10.
She also had a very peculiar shaft transmission, but I can't off the top of my head remember the details.
Maybe Scubaman can help, if he reads this...?

I remember the boat and the chap who built her, but unfortunately can't recall the details regarding transmission. I know that these traditional DIY boats are often a sort of 'collected works' with, shall we say, innovative use of parts old and new sourced from various sources. The model is very common and a sort of height of evolution in terms of fitness to local requirements, seakeeping and max speed with min hp.

The stove is required when fishing out there for several days in a row. Not as convenient as an Eberspacher but more affordable and some would argue, more suitable. Despite the apparent risk of fire, I don't recall hearing of any with these wooden boats. Maybe evolution in play there too...

I see that the unsettled weather is slowly reaching Carloforte as well. Your plan to change the scenery for a few months does sound like a very good one indeed. I mean, if you look at the local weather forecast for the coming week, it's the very definition of cold, wet and miserable...