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I do love a bargain…

December 29, 2014Matt Leave a comment

As most people who know me know. Which is why I’m extremely happy to find this old fuel tank, that is basically the PERFECT FIT! In 316 stainless steel!!!!!! FOR FIFTY DOLLARS!!!!!!!!   This is amazing. Needs some cleaning but… Continue reading →

Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance fuel tank, gudgeon, heater, hunter 36

A cool blog

December 23, 2014Matt 1 Comment

One of the two people that inspired me to get a boat and move onto it was Phil Wampold, a guy I used to work with (the other person was the amazing Meredith Lewis). Phil moved onto a boat and… Continue reading →

Sailing blogs, bonne femme, gudgeon, hunter 36

Designing the fuel system for the heater

December 22, 2014Matt 1 Comment

Fresh from a week-long trip to Ottawa (which helpfully rained freezing rain the whole time and reminded me why I do not live in Ottawa anymore) I have decided my goal is to finally, FINALLY finish the damn heater install. This… Continue reading →

Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance fuel, gudgeon, heater, hunter 36

Removing the teak hand rails

December 8, 2014Matt Leave a comment

As part of the effort to track down the mysterious leak over the desk, I’ve decided to rebed the teak hand rails on the cabin roof. The first step was to remove the little teak plugs. The best way I… Continue reading →

Maintenance gudgeon, hunter 36, railings, teak

Installing the downrigger: Mounting

December 7, 2014Matt 3 Comments

So I snagged a Scotty electric 1106 downrigger during a recent sale because I’m GOING TO CATCH A SALMON ONE DAY DAMMIT and today I had a bit of downtime and decided to mount it. First I used the plastic… Continue reading →

Fishing, Maintenance downrigger, gudgeon, hunter 36

Installing the heater Flue part a million – Finishing off the chimney install

December 6, 2014Matt 2 Comments

So the fiberglass attached backing wood finally dried, and it was time to drill the hole in it! This SUCKED AND TOOK AGES since the wood was really really hard. Eventually, after 3 battery pack swaps, I got through Next,… Continue reading →

Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance flue, gudgeon, heater, hunter 36

Installing the heater Flue part whatever: I am bad at fiberglassing

December 4, 2014Matt 3 Comments

So my plan didn’t work, to build up the lip using marine-tex, so my next thought was to use some wood as the primary platform and build up to it. So I got some pretty sweet free wood from work,… Continue reading →

Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance fiberglassing, flue, gudgeon, heater, hunter 36

Searching for the cure

December 2, 2014Matt 2 Comments

So there were like a billion ‘cure’ jokes I could have put here but I decided on the one above. You are welcome. Long and short of it, temperatures have plummeted and it’s too cold for the marine-tex to fully… Continue reading →

Dickinson Diesel Install, Maintenance gudgeon, hunter 36, marine-tex

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Panama Canal Part 2 Panama Canal Part 2
A couple of weeks ago I made it through the Panama A couple of weeks ago I made it through the Panama Canal, which was a pretty crazy 17 hour day. There are 6 locks in total, divided into 3 groups - 3 locks are at the start, then you end up driving through a manmade channel for miles, before emerging into a manmade lake.

The whole day was so full of huge ships and challenging situations but the feeling of emerging into a NEW OCEAN on the other side is pretty unbelievable

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One of my favourite animals ever, and everywhere h One of my favourite animals ever, and everywhere her in Panama City
Made to Panama City, my last stop in the Pacific f Made to Panama City, my last stop in the Pacific for quite some time. Last 100 miles were upwind against heavy current but it was ok, even the fearsome Punta Mala was tame. By far the scariest bit was threading my way through the shipping anchorage outside the canal,  the traffic was very active and a couple of times I had to get out the way sharpish

Next, the canal!
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