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Redoing the adjustable backstay

by Matt | Jan 21, 2017 | Maintenance | 2

My boat has an adjustable backstay (a stay is one of the big steel wires that keeps the mast from...

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Installing the new radar dish #sailboat #liveaboa

Installing the new radar dish

#sailboat #liveaboard

This innocuous looking piece of metal caused me so

This innocuous looking piece of metal caused me so much work and stress.

It's the drive plate that goes between the engine and the gearbox and to access it I had to climb behind the engine, undo a million bolts and then manhandle a heavy AF gearbox back across the engine.

The replacement also cost an outrageous 1000 dollars but once all reinstalled I don't have any more weird noises in low gear. So kind of a win

#sailboat #sailing #liveaboard #isuzu

Look it's cartoon me! Taken from the current (May/

Look it's cartoon me!
Taken from the current (May/June) issue of @goodoldboat where I have an article about coming to grips with undocking a full keel boat solo for the first time and buggering it up. https://goodoldboat.com/

#sailing #liveaboard #goodoldboat

A very floofy Great Horned Owl chick. Check out th

A very floofy Great Horned Owl chick. Check out those murder claws/beak in pic 2 and 3.

#yyj #birds

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