Back home!
Not much to say, but this morning Billy came up, and we moved the boat back to her and my home in Fisherman’s Wharf. Finally! It’s been a real shitty month (actually, a shitty year) but I instantly started… Continue reading
Well, I’m back in the water….
…. and that’s the good news. The bad news is I got the bill for the yard work in, and it was 3x as much as I thought and 2x as much as my ‘worst case’ estimate. It was over… Continue reading
Installing stern light
So I decided to install my replacement LED stern light. First I removed old one Gross! Then I cleaned up the area and filled in the wire hole with marinetex. Then left a couple days and installed the bracket Then… Continue reading
Actually scuba diving is pretty great…
… and I have my open water cert! I had the 3rd and 4th dives today, and they went great. 3rd dive was finishing off all the exercises that went off without a hitch (except the ones taking off the… Continue reading
Scuba Diving in the ocean is fucking terrifying
I had my first two dives in the ocean today. First thing to note – all the training materials have pictures of happy smiling people, wearing naught but a short wetsuit, diving through sunlight crystal clear waters in the tropics… Continue reading
Yard Update
The prop shaft arrived back from Vancouver and has been installed, along with the new PSS dripless seal and cutlass bearing, the prop still hasn’t come back though yet. What is a dripless seal? Well, the traditional prop shaft has… Continue reading
Getting internet
So this month I noticed my internet bill had gone from ~$30 a month to over $70. Argh. I called Shaw and was told that the $30 a month had been a special promotion that was now ended, and the… Continue reading
Adding a separate nav light panel and panel light switch
One of the things I have realised as I squeeze more gizmos onto Gudgeon is that I may actually be low on breaker space – which was not something I had imagined would be possible! So, I decided to add an… Continue reading