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Maururu Tahiti

By Tweed Posted on August 22, 2017 Posted in Morgane No Comments Tagged with Fiji, maintenance, Tahiti

Monday 21 August 2017 16:25.60S 158:40.80W Well it’s been a while and I know a few of you have been waiting for an update knowing that we are back aboard “Morgane”. We have been a bit busy and haven’t had …

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Ready for the off – almost!

By Tweed Posted on February 7, 2016 Posted in Morgane No Comments Tagged with Chile, engine, heat-exchanger, maintenance, repairs

Sunday 07 February 2016 41:39.14S 073:03.62W – Marina Costa de Huelmo We eventually got the heat-exchanger back from the shop on Wednesday; not exactly as good as new but I wasn’t going to let them keep it any longer. They …

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Heat-exchanger woes or “that looks expensive”

By Tweed Posted on January 28, 2016 Posted in Morgane 3 Comments Tagged with Beta Marine, Chile, engine, maintenance, Puerto Montt

Last Sunday we motored into Marina Costa de Huelmo with the intention of staying for a week to ten days. We planned to start the servicing and provisioning prior to a short trip across the Andes to visit Paula`s parents to …

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Making the bed for an engine

By Tweed Posted on November 11, 2015 Posted in Morgane, projects 2 Comments Tagged with Chile, engine, maintenance, Valdivia
Making the bed for an engine
The new engine bed ready to go.

The back story – Some readers may remember that we had a problem with “Morgane’s” engine bed while we were in the Chilean channels on our way north ( I wrote about it in this post ). The repair that …

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Return to Valdivia

By Tweed Posted on September 22, 2015 Posted in destinations, Medical, Morgane, Personal, projects 2 Comments Tagged with Chile, maintenance, travel, Valdiva, windlass

I flew out of Cape Town on 28th August;  leaving the crew to make the final preparations to “Pelagic Australis” for her pre-season delivery trip to Stanley. Skip wrote about that on the Pelagic website here. Paula met me in …

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Is spring coming? – some news from Valdivia

By Tweed Posted on August 8, 2015 Posted in Morgane, Personal, projects 2 Comments Tagged with Chile, maintenance, Paula

An update from Paula. Here in Valdivia spring seems to be arriving, even though it’s very early. Maybe is el niño, I don’t know… still rains every day, but the days are getting longer, the birds are getting louder, and …

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One Fine Day

By Tweed Posted on February 27, 2015 Posted in Coastal, PassageMaking 2 Comments Tagged with engine, fuel, lecky, maintenance, tillman, weather

A fine day in Estrecho Nelson The 23rd was passed swinging at anchor in Caleta Darde. It was quite comfortable, especially for peace of mind after the wind backed to the West and I was able to veer more chain. …

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Post Brazil catch-up

By Tweed Posted on December 5, 2014 Posted in Morgane, Pelagic Expeditions, projects 1 Comment Tagged with Brazil, DNV, maintenance, Pelagic Expeditions, refit, Uruguay

So what have I been up to since the “Dodgy” update?Well we finished the dodger in early June, apart from the windows as we didn’t have any acrylic, before I headed of to Rio de Janeiro and Paula headed to …

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A couple of little trips

By Tweed Posted on April 29, 2014 Posted in Coastal, Morgane, PassageMaking No Comments Tagged with anchor, Falklands, maintenance, rats, tender
A couple of little trips
Sealions checking us out at Kidney Island

Well the rain never did let up and allow me to apply that final brushed coat of paint to the topsides that I refer to in the last blog entry! Once the prop-shaft was back from the machinist it was …

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Rain stops play (painting)

By Tweed Posted on February 8, 2014 Posted in Morgane No Comments Tagged with Falklands, maintenance
Rain stops play (painting)
Almost ready to go

Whilst the weather since my last update hasn’t been particularly nasty is has been cold and showery. The official records show that January was a windier, colder and drier month than the norm here in Stanley with sunshine well below …

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