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Rewiring Sooner’s AC: Part 2

February 4, 2022Matt 3 Comments

After I got the smartplug and galvanic isolator installed, it was time to tackle the inside bits of the 120 volt system. The first order of business was to replace the 3 AC outlets with GFCIs. These are the things… Continue reading →

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Rewiring Sooner’s AC: Part 1

January 19, 2022Matt 2 Comments

Sooner’s wiring is unfortunately standard issue ‘old boat wiring’ which is to say, pretty bad (see previous blog post on the state of gudges wiring) and sorting that out would be the first priority, as ‘fire’ is one of the… Continue reading →

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Moving Sooner to Victoria

January 11, 2022Matt 4 Comments

So like Gudge (and Frawg), I’d bought a boat somewhere where I didn’t live. Pender Island, in this case. Luckily, unlike 7 years ago I had the skills (and more importantly, the insurance coverage) to move the boat myself. Unluckily,… Continue reading →

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I bought a new boat

January 2, 2022Matt 14 Comments

Well, the title says it all, I have a new (large, sorry Frawg) boat, say hello to Sooner everyone! Sooner is a Rafiki 37 but a bit unusual in that unlike all the other ~50 Rafikis, she was built in… Continue reading →

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Summer Update

November 26, 2021Matt 4 Comments

Well, end of summer update. Or autumn now I guess. Anyway, I’m not dead – just had very little boatwise to talk about after selling Gudge. I did go halves with Emma on a shark 24 called FRAWG, which is… Continue reading →

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Domain name change complete!

May 6, 2021Matt 6 Comments

Well it was a bit longer than ‘within the week’ but I finally finished the domain name changeover. You should be seeing this now on saildivefish.ca (a studiously non-tied-to-boat-name domain) and hopefully, that is the last time ever I have… Continue reading →

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Pardon my dust

April 21, 2021Matt 8 Comments

Over the next week or so, I’ll be making a few changes to this website – the most important one is moving over to www.saildivefish.ca as Life on Gudgeon is certainly not accurate anymore. After thinking on it for a… Continue reading →

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Gudge is sold!

February 13, 2021Matt 7 Comments

As the title says – after owning her for 7 years and living on her for 6 and a half, I no longer own Gudgeon. She was sold to a couple who are just starting their adventure and I think… Continue reading →

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