May 23rd, 2008, 7:18:15 pm
by Paul Churchley
Round Britain sailor, Paul Churchley, who is fundraising for the RNLI charity, has fitted his vessel with an RNLI MOB Guardian unit. (A man overboard and vessel locator system, that helps search and rescue agencies find casualties in emergencies). Paul is welcoming fishermen and sailors onboard his vessel to see it working in situ.
MOB Guardian is a confidential location system (position details are made known to search & rescue agencies only in emergencies) but for this event MOB Guardian is transmitting to Google Earth so Paul’s vessel location can be tracked by the public.
www.mobguardian.com www.rnli.org.uk
May 23rd, 2008, 7:15:22 pm
by Paul Churchley
It is always the same isn’t it… things work until you need them! I have been using this laptop for weeks now in preparation for the trip and I go away to Fowey to check that everything works, not expecting to have any issues with the laptop, and there you go… laptop not working 
I thought it might be power supply but that is now fixed but it looks like there might be a loose wire in the connection of the screen to the body. Well, both Sally and I are both computer consultants and so we should have it under control soon but if it need parts then I may have to try to scrounge a laptop from somewhere for at least part of the trip.
Still, I won’t panic until I need to so more when it is all sorted (he says hopefully)…
The rest of the shakedown went well. A few issues came to light but nothing serious but that is precisely what the shakedown was meant to do!
One issue that did arise that you night be interested in was that with all the extra weight on board the fuel consumption was down about 25%… from 1 ltr/nm to 1.25 ltr/nm. This is a significant amount but I have already replanned the legs with the new figures and I already had so much more fuel than I needed that even with the new figures I am still well within the recommendation of having an extra 25%. Never the less, worth remembering for the future that it makes so much difference.
May 23rd, 2008, 10:17:27 am
by Sally
Paul is currently returning to Plymouth from Fowey. You can watch him live via the website at Live Tracking.
The weather is looking suitable for departure on the first leg of the trip on Monday 26th May - we hope! Keep a watch on the website and you’ll see him go.
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