If you want a job done properly…
So today I finally started trying to work out where the water ingress under power was coming from. And I think I found it. So this is the rudder post in the dark underbelly of the boat You can… Continue reading
Waffling
So the boat is back in Victoria, the mast is back on the boat, and the forestay/furler is back on the mast. I have the following things I want to do in the next two weeks Put in engine hatch… Continue reading
Putting mast back on and heading home
So after all the driving back and forth from Sooke my cars muffler has gone. It sounds like a souped up honda civic, being cruised down Southend seafront by a hormonal 17 year old who is desperately mackin’ on the drunk teenager girls… Continue reading
Mast work (part 4)
Now, with all the hardware and conduit installed, it was time to run the wires. This was a royal pain in the arse. First I removed all the old wire Then I laid out all the wires, there were 9… Continue reading
Mast work pa… wait, crap
So I discovered that my compression post was rotten at the top, as mentioned in my last post. I found this out when I removed the teak panelling to check And found this and on the other side, this This… Continue reading
Mast work (part 3)
Time to run conduit! I had zero idea how to do this, and panicked about it for a while before buying a ton of 10 foot PVC piping from home depo. How do I move it? In Lola the Corolla… Continue reading
Mast work (part 2)
Another day, another few hours of fiddling around with aluminium. First was to finish taking all the old hardware off the mast. Next, I decided to install the Davis Windex (a big stick with an arrow basically, that shows you… Continue reading
Mast Work (part 1)
There is no cellphone or wireless signal in Sooke, so I am typing this on a BC Ferry on the way back from Vancouver. Having pulled the mast, I then felt slightly overwhelmed for the next couple of days and… Continue reading