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Windchime reaches her new home

February 25, 2014Matt 1 Comment

This was going to be a two part process – Monday evening I was going to get the boat in the water, and then Tuesday move it. Arriving Monday, I was greeted like this.   WHAT IS IT WITH SNOWFALL… Continue reading →

Maintenance crossing, engine, gudgeon, hunter 36, marinas, weather

Getting ready

February 16, 2014Matt Leave a comment

I arrived at my boat and was pleased to see the yard had finished the painting – the bottom looks a lot better now!   I’d planned to fix some of the gel coat that had been scraped off on… Continue reading →

Maintenance bottom, engine, exhaust, gudgeon, hunter 36, painting, repairs

Frustrations

February 3, 2014Matt Leave a comment

So I arrived Saturday morning, laden with cleaning products, ready to start scrubbing the HELL out of the boat. Except – the water was off at the yard. For the forseeable future. Argh. I tried scrubbing with a bucket of… Continue reading →

Maintenance engine, gudgeon, hunter 36, repairs

Doing thangs (cold wet gross thangs)

January 24, 2014Matt 6 Comments

My next trip to the boat had two objectives – finish removing the exhaust elbow, and get that damn plate off the bottom (it was leaking, and I have no need for a HF radio grounding plate). For the first… Continue reading → Continue reading →

Maintenance bilge, engine, exhaust, gudgeon, hunter 36, repairs

Fixing the shifter

January 10, 2014Matt Leave a comment

As detailed in a previous post, the engine shifter on the control column wasn’t working. I was hoping that it was nothing too serious. Arriving at the boat, I got out the tool kit and set about removing the compass… Continue reading →

Maintenance engine, gudgeon, hunter 36, repairs, steering

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Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and Its that time of year again - Sooner put away and I'm back driving boats, docks and spreadsheets for thr BC lodge
A random assortment of pictures from my month in S A random assortment of pictures from my month in San Blas

#sailing #sailboat
Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Bla Sending it - Sooner chases Tally Ho in the San Blas islands.

Photos by @sampsonboatco (I need to get a drone apparently)
This is a narrow passage through the underwater re This is a narrow passage through the underwater reefs between the islands that I sailed through. 

Its a bit nerve-wracking, being only around 50 foot wide so I was double reefed on the main and just with a tiny bit of headsail out to help steerage, so I wouldn't go too fast if I did hit something. 

Drone shots.by @sampsonboatco 

#sailing #sailboat
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