Weekend sailing
So at some point sailing I’m sure will become so ho-hum that I won’t excitedly blog about it, but today is not that day. The weather was GORGEOUS, and I had a friend from Vancouver staying with me for the… Continue reading
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SPRING IS COMING
…. AND I CAN’T WAIT. The sun has been out constantly for the last week or so, and the temperature has stuck around 11c, and it almost feels warm in the sun! In a fit of hubris, I’ve taken down… Continue reading
The to-do list
Ripping off shamelessly an idea I saw on another liveaboard’s blog, Legally Ginger, I’ve decided to add a to-do list onto the website, found on the main menu or here. This way I can gaze at it in abject panic everyday… Continue reading
Taking down the mast
So after the entire driveshaft fiasco, I am back at Fisherman’s Wharf and still haven’t taken down the mast. To do that I have to go to Sooke (apparently home of the only damn working mast tower in the entire south… Continue reading
Fixing foresail
So something I noticed yesterday is that the foresail wasn’t fully raised, causing a problem with it catching on things and having a bag in it, and just generally being a shitty shape. You can see this in the below… Continue reading
Storage locker clear!
I cleared out my storage locker finally! This will save me 120 bucks a month. Unfortunately by ‘clear’ I mean ‘ dump remaining boxes into boat’ so my cabin looks like this Ugh. On the plus side it was a… Continue reading
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