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A new dinghy

October 18, 2022Matt 4 Comments

Sooner came with a hard shell dinghy, which I think was fiberglass over a wooden frame. You can see it on the front of the boat in this pic: It was really cute, but was only 6′ long and was… Continue reading →

Maintenance dinghy, porta-bote, sooner

Installing water filtration

October 12, 2022Matt 4 Comments

I am horribly behind on posts, as I have done a lot of boat work in the last couple of months or so while at the same time failing to be motivated to write anything due to being dumped, turning… Continue reading →

Maintenance drinking water, sooner, water filter

Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 2 – The New Schematic

August 30, 2022Matt Leave a comment

So I actually got off my arse and made a (very) high level schematic which should save me at least 3 hours of typing. Here is Sooners new DC system! (this is definitely gonna break this post for everyone trying… Continue reading →

Maintenance blue seas, cerbo, DC, LiFePO4, sooner, victron

Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 1 – The old wiring

August 27, 2022Matt 3 Comments

So this has actually been an ongoing project over the last (checks calendar* seven?! wow) months and I’ve been putting off writing about it because I wanted the first post to be the overview and I was CONSTANTLY changing my… Continue reading →

Maintenance DC, electrical, sailboat, sooner, wiring

Rewiring Sooners AC Part 4

August 21, 2022Matt 1 Comment

Sorry about the gaps between posts – dealing with some personal stuff and it’s really hard to get motivated to write. Anyway, onto the post… So on my last post I had confidently declared ‘The last part of the AC… Continue reading →

Maintenance AC, electrical, sailing

Summer updates

July 31, 2022Matt 5 Comments

It’s been a while since I did a new post – most of the reason for that is that I’ve been really busy finishing off the redo of the entire DC system, which is going to be a multi-post series… Continue reading →

Maintenance DC, electrical, sooner, victron, wiring

I got an article published!

May 18, 2022Matt Leave a comment

A very quick (and braggy) post – I got my first sailing article published! It’s in Good Old Boat magazine, May/June issue. There was also a nice little sketch of Sooner plus an embarrassing quote from me. And yeah, that’s… Continue reading →

Other good old boat, magazine

Refurbishing the Head: Part Two

May 10, 2022Matt Leave a comment

So after part one, I’d removed the old toilet, glassed up the two thruhulls, and removed all the old hose. Now to put stuff back together again! As mentioned in a couple of previous posts, I’d decided to go with… Continue reading →

Maintenance composting toilet, head, natures head, ogo, sailboat

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Fathom in front of K'we Fathom in front of K'we
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

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

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