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Mast Wiring Refit

Moving to Sooke and pulling the mast

March 31, 2015Matt 4 Comments

Lot of pictures in this one, sorry! Click any picture for a full size version. After an abortive attempt to move on Sunday, Monday morning I woke up at 5:30am and prepared to leave. The reason being that the high… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit gudgeon, hunter 36, mast, rigging, sooke

Taking down the mast

March 3, 2015Matt 3 Comments

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 →

Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit fat seal, gudgeon, hunter 36, mast

Red over Green vs a tricolour, and other lighting things

January 2, 2015Matt 2 Comments

As part of the coming haulout (also know as the ‘time to stick shit on the mast because I don’t want to climb the mast EVER) I started to look at redoing my lights. Neither the anchor light (on top… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit gudgeon, hunter 36, LEDs, lights, nav lights, tricolour

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Panama Canal Part 2 Panama Canal Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I made it through the Panama A couple of weeks ago I made it through the Panama Canal, which was a pretty crazy 17 hour day. There are 6 locks in total, divided into 3 groups - 3 locks are at the start, then you end up driving through a manmade channel for miles, before emerging into a manmade lake.

The whole day was so full of huge ships and challenging situations but the feeling of emerging into a NEW OCEAN on the other side is pretty unbelievable

#sailing #sailboat
One of my favourite animals ever, and everywhere h One of my favourite animals ever, and everywhere her in Panama City
Made to Panama City, my last stop in the Pacific f Made to Panama City, my last stop in the Pacific for quite some time. Last 100 miles were upwind against heavy current but it was ok, even the fearsome Punta Mala was tame. By far the scariest bit was threading my way through the shipping anchorage outside the canal,  the traffic was very active and a couple of times I had to get out the way sharpish

Next, the canal!
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