Fixing foresail
So something I noticed yesterday is that the foresail wasn’t fully raised, causing a problem with it catching on things and having a bag in it, and just generally being a shitty shape. You can see this in the below… Continue reading
Maintenance
Back home!
Not much to say, but this morning Billy came up, and we moved the boat back to her and my home in Fisherman’s Wharf. Finally! It’s been a real shitty month (actually, a shitty year) but I instantly started… Continue reading
Well, I’m back in the water….
…. and that’s the good news. The bad news is I got the bill for the yard work in, and it was 3x as much as I thought and 2x as much as my ‘worst case’ estimate. It was over… Continue reading
Yard Update
The prop shaft arrived back from Vancouver and has been installed, along with the new PSS dripless seal and cutlass bearing, the prop still hasn’t come back though yet. What is a dripless seal? Well, the traditional prop shaft has… Continue reading
Getting internet
So this month I noticed my internet bill had gone from ~$30 a month to over $70. Argh. I called Shaw and was told that the $30 a month had been a special promotion that was now ended, and the… Continue reading
Adding a separate nav light panel and panel light switch
One of the things I have realised as I squeeze more gizmos onto Gudgeon is that I may actually be low on breaker space – which was not something I had imagined would be possible! So, I decided to add an… Continue reading
Hi, Gudgeon
So today I finished the renaming ceremony and so can (safely) announce the new name – Gudgeon. As mentioned earlier I registered her, instead of licensing, so that I don’t need ID numbers, and instead can put the name on… Continue reading
Yard woes
So one of the things in the yard was getting my old knackered stuffing box (this is a thing that stops water coming in through the prop shaft) replaced by a fancy new PSS dripless seal. This should eliminate any… Continue reading