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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

Laziness

March 28, 2015Matt Leave a comment

The top three things I need to do are – waterproof engine hatch –  get cupboards made – rig up wireless booster and antenna …. and I haven’t done anything on them. I’ve been feeling exceptionally unmotivated this week in… Continue reading →

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This is why we need to keep our hatches shut

March 25, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Snapped this guy eating an unfortunate crab on my neighbours boat!   

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Change yer filters

March 24, 2015Matt 1 Comment

Public service announcement I switched out my three filters – the front left is the old primary 5 micron one, the middle is the new one. Grooooossssssss!! The other two (which are 1 micron and 0.2 micron and filter my… Continue reading →

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Movies and Outboards

March 21, 2015Matt 2 Comments

Short entry today – a couple of days ago I had my first actual acting role in a movie. I felt like a huge fraud, and was with all these career professional actors from LA and was worried that any… Continue reading →

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Porta-Boat 2

March 18, 2015Matt 1 Comment

…. electric boogaloo So yesterday it had stopped (finally) raining, so after work I decided to try to put the porta-boat together. I did it on the deck boat to simulate ~real life conditions~ and managed to do it ok.… Continue reading →

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I got an outboard

March 17, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Sometimes the universe just comes together. The day after talking to Boat neighbours Joss and Matt about dinghies, a porta-bote finally shows up on craigslist. The day after that, Joss brings me an outboard! It’s apparently barely functional but the… Continue reading →

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Porta-Bote adventures

March 15, 2015Matt 4 Comments

I’ve needed a dinghy for as long as I’ve had the boat, and after much reading decided that a porta-bote would be the best thing for me. I had 3 main points that I was choosing a dinghy on: –… Continue reading →

Maintenance dinghy, gudgeon, hunter 36, porta-bote

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