Morning sail
So went for a quick spin with my friends Billy, Emma and David. Wind was 15 knots, gusting to 25, so we sailed around for a couple of hours with a reefed main and foresail. David had never been sailing… Continue reading
New wireless antenna for internet and an exciting LEAK UPDATE
For the original setup see here and here Well, my original antenna that I mentioned buying in those posts blew off in the storm I sailed through the other week. Honestly, it was TERRIBLE and I was getting pretty awful performance… Continue reading
Fixing side scuppers
One of the things I had been meaning to do for ages but hadn’t actually done, was unplug the drains on the side deck. You can’t see it in the photo here but this is actually under an inch of… Continue reading
Return From Orcas
Come Sunday I was pretty exhausted. Not from the two parties I went to on the weekend (they didn’t help) but also the fact that the boast was tied up to a daydock that could be described as ‘decrepit’, if… Continue reading
Sailing through a winter storm
This weekend was Halloween, and my friend Elyess had invited me over to Orcas to a couple of parties, and in addition, I had shipped a bunch of stuff from Amazon to her so I went to pick it up… Continue reading
Resupply Run
First of all – still no pictures. My phone, after lasting two weeks with no back or power button (leading to me having to jam a fork in the side every time I wanted to turn it on) has finally… Continue reading
Progress (kind of)
I think I used this title before maybe? I’m not sure. It’s been over 230 blog posts(!) so it’s kind of hard to keep track. Anyway, I’ve now done SEVEN out of ten portholes. Hooray. Unfortuntly I don’t think I… Continue reading
I’m Real Bad at sewing
I ordered a bunch of shit off of www.sailrite.com in order to make some new curtains – my V Berth and head don’t have any. This wasn’t a problem before, as the portholes were covered in enough scratches, UV damage… Continue reading