Movies and Outboards
Short entry today – a couple of days ago I had my first actual acting role in a movie. I felt like a huge fraud, and was with all these career professional actors from LA and was worried that any… Continue reading
Maintenance
Porta-Boat 2
…. electric boogaloo So yesterday it had stopped (finally) raining, so after work I decided to try to put the porta-boat together. I did it on the deck boat to simulate ~real life conditions~ and managed to do it ok.… Continue reading
I got an outboard
Sometimes the universe just comes together. The day after talking to Boat neighbours Joss and Matt about dinghies, a porta-bote finally shows up on craigslist. The day after that, Joss brings me an outboard! It’s apparently barely functional but the… Continue reading
Porta-Bote adventures
I’ve needed a dinghy for as long as I’ve had the boat, and after much reading decided that a porta-bote would be the best thing for me. I had 3 main points that I was choosing a dinghy on: –… Continue reading
Bow light install finished
I finally finished the bow light install. A 1/2″ cobalt drill bit was really expensive and hard to find, so I took a gamble and went with a Black Oxide one. For the record, it worked perfectly and chewed a… Continue reading
Keepin’ on
So on a cool note – I got the part in the movie I auditioned for! I think I was more shocked than pleased, since it was my first ever audition and I had no idea what I was doing… Continue reading
The to-do list
Ripping off shamelessly an idea I saw on another liveaboard’s blog, Legally Ginger, I’ve decided to add a to-do list onto the website, found on the main menu or here. This way I can gaze at it in abject panic everyday… Continue reading
Taking down the mast
So after the entire driveshaft fiasco, I am back at Fisherman’s Wharf and still haven’t taken down the mast. To do that I have to go to Sooke (apparently home of the only damn working mast tower in the entire south… Continue reading