Blue Henry

救生筏在超過時限後就要作整修跟測試... 沒有超過10年,就是做充氣測試,水深壓力釋放閥開關的更換(如果有的話) 聽說超過10年就還有更多的筏體壓力測試,必須加到一定的磅數，放一段時間看有沒有漏... 這次是台52尺的船,共有6人,8人用的各一個... 是交給基隆的廠家施作, 一開始我們對裡面的口糧很有興趣... 結果我們的都是24Hr以內的, 所以沒有水,也沒有乾糧..... 這是6人的,要擠進6人,就是每人都要盤腿坐.... 六人 大概是雙人帳的大小....  過期的flares...上面的手電筒電池也要換.... 如果破了,除了右邊的錐狀的止漏外栓外, 也有這種可以用螺絲對鎖的止漏器 這是8人的, 長期進水,要陰乾個幾天... 救生筏施放的時候,是把一條繩子先綁在船上,丟下海, 澎起來人再上去,如果船要沉了,那就要用刀子把繫繩切了.... 有可以從水裡爬進去的繩梯...看起來不是很好用 上面兩個都是頂上集水帶 裡面有個燈,打開後,筏頂的燈也會閃... 這兩個是釋壓閥,如過氣太滿就要洩....  這是筏底的海水袋,有4個,說是穩定筏體的... 這罐是暈船藥.... 水瓢跟海綿 這個是Co2氣瓶釋放閥...  Co2這麼大一罐....很重... 這個說是嘔吐袋.... H說:直接吐外面不好嗎? 阿俊說:"也許肚子餓的時候會再用到...." 海錨.... 圓的這個說是觀察窗.... 有趣的經驗,如有不對的,請指教.....因為我也沒真的用過.....

開始航海後尋尋覓覓找了不少航海服,夏天一般很熱,重點是防曬,排汗,這類的服裝在台灣不難找..... 最難處理的就是冬天要穿的,在溫度不高的季節,要在海上吹10~25節的風,有時還會下雨, 就算是一天的day sailing, 也是會冷的你不要不要的..... 以前在台灣買航海衣褲,很難....可選的也不多.....也是不可思議的貴..... 因為貴,所以當年就想買最"厲害的"....買一套就好.... 於是我就在幾年前殘殘買了一套Gill的, off shore 等級的.... 價格貴到我不想再想起.....當作寶在穿..... 2017年長航時,我們在越南外面碰到鋒面, Gill 並沒有能夠讓我們乾乾的掌舵(當時船長也是一套Gill,他說20分鐘就全濕了).... 並不是說他不好,只是那一次的風雨打破了我對Gill的信仰... 或著是說, 在高價的航海衣也是衣服, 我不應該因為高價就把他神化了..... 之後,有機會就會去找找價格平實一點的...迪卡農是個有趣的店,他的貨架上都有航海用品這個區塊, 但是我都覺得那些衣服都有點"裝飾用的"... 不過在迪卡農有個好處,他會把防雨的能力清楚地用數字表達出來, 例如甚麼樣的雨量,幾個小時...等等, 我們學工程的是很迷信數字的..... 很奇怪,大牌子的航海服一般都沒有數字來說明衣服的能耐,都是用很抽象的文字來說明... 例如: Ocean, coastal, racing, off shore...etc.有點選舉文宣的感覺.... 下圖是我收藏的航海褲, 航海褲一般是用吊帶的, 防水是基本,保暖是其次,因為你可以再在裡面再穿一件.... 最左邊的是去法國迪卡農買的,不貴, 但是腰部是用鬆緊帶,胖子穿起來肚子有點緊.... 左二,是Gill, 有個好處是上廁所不用脫褲子(男生啦) 左三,是台灣迪卡農藏在高雄店的,網購找不到....北部也完全找不到....這件的設計跟Gill幾乎一樣,腰部是用魔鬼氈,胖子也不會覺得太緊....Haha....不過還沒有機會穿上帆船去..... 最右邊那件是迪卡農登山部門找到的雨褲,便宜,吊帶設計,裡面有鋪棉,非常防水,缺點是有點悶, 但是,側邊有拉鍊,覺得熱時可以一直拉開到大...

I used to enable the gps function on my android phone for photos. What I wish to do is to make a google map showing the track and photos when sailing around. few experiences to be shared: 1. google map: you can create a own map, and import your photos. Trick1: google map does not support direct import of google photos.(why????) Solution: you can greate a google blog and import photos to to blog. So, when you import photos in google map(the one you created), you will be able to "see" these photos. Trick2: Even with photos already geotagged, you won't see the photos on the map, google map will put these photos on the nearest spot. You can't add photo without creating a mark on google map. So, not exactly what I wish to have, I turn to google earth. It seems google earth can add a photo base on their gps tag. I still have few photos from friends or there was no gps signal when the photo was taken. So, need to add manually. I did search on how to add geo info...

End of Sep 2018, I got a call from Danny, I knew he has had already a plan to cross Atlantic with a south Africa doctor, form canary island to Caribbean.Danny took the change because it's a cat. the doctor will sail with his partner, but he prefer not to have the night watch, since he just had some heart problem in May. The sail will keep about 20 days, it would not be easy to have night watch for 20 days. I was driving when Danny call me to see if I can go with him? it took me only 10 seconds to knock my head. what a good chance!! Thanks to my boss, he let me take a leave of 30 days, now it's time to book the flight to Tenerife island. I did not know where is this island.  Well, they are islands near Africa, most of cross Atlantic boat start from here. And this area is very famous for blue marlin(tune) fishing. The flight to this island will take me about 3 transfers:  Taipei to Dubai, Dubai to Amsterdam(both sections are with A380), than take a smaller one ...

It's a Axopar 24 with mercury 150 outboard engine. in a nice weather day of Oct, the engine died out few second after started up. unplug the fuel line and switch on the pump, it pump out milk like mixture of gasoline and water. A full bottle Also need to drain out all fuel from the fuel tank and clear it up. Check it the engine oil, there is also trace of water. Replace with Mecury engine oil, and clear the injectors. Lucky, the engine is not damaged, it started again. The fuel cap O-ring and pipes are all in good condition. So the water can be condensed from air ventilation, or in the process of filling gasoline, even in the gasoline itself. A good solution is to fit in fuel line a fuel water separator. Axopar 24 is a relatively compact boat, need to find a ease access place to install a fuel-eater separator.

電池測試器目前的售價並不貴, 所以買了一個來用.... 前一篇有說到一般說電池的健康是以CCA的狀況來評論 http://henrybluesail.blogspot.com/2018/10/what-type-of-lead-acid-battery-we-have.html 這個測試器有4功能,我覺得最吸引我的就是這個CCA的功能. 他是function1:  首先要知道電池的CCA,現在的電池一般都會標在上面 先把紅色接上電瓶正極,再把黑色接上電瓶負極,順序不對的話會出現error.... 上下箭頭找到 fun 1, 按enter進入後, 再用上下鍵輸入受測電池的CCA, 按下enter 就會開始測試CCA,  之後儀器會量測電池的CCA, 然後以百分比的方式告訴你電池的"健康狀況" 用箭頭選頁,還可以看到電池的內阻: 內阻也是個非常重要的參數, 新的電池大多在3mOhm左右 當然也是可以看到電壓... 儀器還有幾個其他的功能, 以後再試