Tech Talk #6 – Let’s Just Cool Down
July 2021 Overview One of the few, ongoing niggles with ‘Opal Lady’ has been the engine room temperature. For those who have followed us for some time you may remember…
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25 September 2021
Tech Talk #5 – Time for a Refit
May - July 2021 Overview After a very pleasant time in far Nth Qld, we headed south to the Gold Coast. 'Opal Lady' was built in 2009 and was due…
11 June 2021
Tech talk 4. – Where has the water gone?
This technical session is all about not ignoring the signs when you are talking maintenance and not to rely on the theory of recurring miracles as a maintenance method. Setting…
10 December 2020
Tech Talk 3 – What To Do During COVID
A quick recap on what Suz has said in other sections of the blog: We arrived in Darwin in late October 2019, with the intention of staying during the cyclone…
23 September 2020
Tech Talk No 2.Fan Belts and Stabilizers
One outstanding item when we left Mindarie was the fan belt performance on our main engine a Lugger 1066T. In the past this belt had worn far faster than what…
12 October 2019
Tech Talk No. 1 – Getting Ready To Go Cruising
A bit of a rough trip to Fremantle After 40 years in the mining industry, of which the last 8 ½ involved flying to Africa on a regular basis, it…
1 August 2019