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Installing the heater Flue part whatever: I am bad at fiberglassing

December 4, 2014Matt 3 Comments

So my plan didn’t work, to build up the lip using marine-tex, so my next thought was to use some wood as the primary platform and build up to it. So I got some pretty sweet free wood from work,… Continue reading →

Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance fiberglassing, flue, gudgeon, heater, hunter 36

Searching for the cure

December 2, 2014Matt 2 Comments

So there were like a billion ‘cure’ jokes I could have put here but I decided on the one above. You are welcome. Long and short of it, temperatures have plummeted and it’s too cold for the marine-tex to fully… Continue reading →

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Installing the heater Flue part 2: Brrrrrrr

November 30, 2014Matt 2 Comments

So I woke up the next morning to find a small hole from the centre of the hole saw in the ceiling and snow on the ground GREAT. So I carried on with the hole saw and managed to finally get… Continue reading →

Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance epoxy, fiberglassing, flue, gudgeon, hunter 36, marine-tex

Installing the heater Flue part 1: Making a mess

November 28, 2014Matt 1 Comment

So with all the parts of my heater in place, it was time to install the Flue! First, I marked off the length I needed to saw off the pipe.   Then I cut the pipe with my beasty electric saw… Continue reading →

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Last piece of heater arrived finally

November 25, 2014Matt Leave a comment

Yay! Now to wait for it to stop raining continuously so I can drill + seal hole in roof

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Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and I'm back driving boats, docks and spreadsheets for thr BC lodge
A random assortment of pictures from my month in S A random assortment of pictures from my month in San Blas

#sailing #sailboat
Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Bla Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Blas islands.

Photos by @sampsonboatco (I need to get a drone apparently)
This is a narrow passage through the underwater re This is a narrow passage through the underwater reefs between the islands that I sailed through. 

Its a bit nerve-wracking, being only around 50 foot wide so I was double reefed on the main and just with a tiny bit of headsail out to help steerage, so I wouldn't go too fast if I did hit something. 

Drone shots.by @sampsonboatco 

#sailing #sailboat
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