Summer updates
It’s been a while since I did a new post – most of the reason for that is that...
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Category: Maintenance
Refurbishing the Head: Part Two
So after part one, I’d removed the old toilet, glassed up the two thruhulls, and removed all...
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Refurbishing the head: Part One
So Sooners head (bathroom) wasn’t in a great way when I got her – the lockers were in...
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Hauling out
Hauling out is probably my least favourite part of owning a boat. It costs a lot of money, you are...
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Rewiring Sooner’s AC: Part 3
The last part of the AC rewiring project was to replace the panel. The old panel looked like this...
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Rewiring Sooner’s AC: Part 2
After I got the smartplug and galvanic isolator installed, it was time to tackle the inside bits...
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Rewiring Sooner’s AC: Part 1
Sooner’s wiring is unfortunately standard issue ‘old boat wiring’ which is to...
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New Dodger
Bit late on this, but while I was in Mazatlan this October I got a dodger (sprayhood for UK...
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Changing out the engine mounts on a 2QM20 and fixing rotten stringers
My engine (which is literally older than I am and is a huge chunk of solid iron) sits on four...
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Boat work and heat
A couple of days after the Tropical Storm passed over I started feeling kinda off – and sure...
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Tropical Storm Narda
Adjusting from BC in the autumn weather (cool, rainy, cloudy) to end of summer mainland Mexico...
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Back at the boat!
After a very rushed last week in BC (pro-tip – don’t finish work on Friday afternoon...
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