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Securing the fridge

June 2, 2015Matt Leave a comment

So after that rather rough sail where the fridge/freezer decided to launch itself onto the floor and put a rather large dent in it (the floor, not the fridge), I decided that ‘balancing it on the side’ wasn’t the best… Continue reading →

Maintenance engel, fridge, gudgeon, hunter 36, ratchet strap

One year living on a boat

May 31, 2015Matt 8 Comments

First up, this is an extremely long and rambling post, with far more than it’s fair share of navel-gazing. You’ve been warned. I’d missed talking about the one year anniversary of owning the boat back in December, due to being… Continue reading →

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More running rigging work

May 25, 2015Matt 4 Comments

After yesterdays escapade, where I got to see what it would look like if the inside of my cabin went through a tumble drier, today I decided to try to hook up some kind of reefing system. I ended up… Continue reading →

Maintenance gudgeon, hunter 36, reef, reefing, running rigging

Adding RADAR MARPA and learning to tie stuff down

May 25, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Last Saturday will go down in history. Children will cheer, church bells will ring, and it will forever be known as The Day I Finished The Mast Wiring. I had finished almost everything a month or so ago, but to… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Sailing gudgeon, hunter 36, MARPA, radar, reef, reefing, sailing

Fixing engine compartment side wall

May 22, 2015Matt 2 Comments

Since I got the boat, I’d been meaning to do this. Finally, after I found a piece of wood that looked like it was part of the wall, I decided to finally get off my arse and do it  … Continue reading →

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Race to Alaska

May 20, 2015Matt 4 Comments

I’ve been in Ottawa on a work trip the last little while, and pretty much had no time to do anything else – though I leave tomorrow, YEAH! I hope Gudgeon is ok. Anyway, blowing off the dust off this… Continue reading →

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Weekend wrapup

May 10, 2015Matt 2 Comments

First, I managed to get the chartplotter -> laptop working. What had happened is that my NSS came with a piece of paper saying that the wiring in the manual was wrong and to use the one on the paper.… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Sailing gudgeon, hunter 36, NMEA0183, sidney spit

One of those days

May 7, 2015Matt 7 Comments

Ever have one of those days where everything you try to do doesn’t work? Yeah. First I started to rebed 2 more of my chainplates. Got most of the way through, and then ran out of resin. Ugh. So then… Continue reading →

Maintenance chainplates, frustration, gudgeon, hunter 36, NMEA0183, opencpn, serial

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