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Returning home and first docking mishap

July 6, 2016Matt Leave a comment

Well, first docking mishap to cause damage I should say. Ugh. So let’s get to it – after a lovely weekend at Orcas Island (where I saw several firework displays) and ate some oysters (I had one that was too… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Sailing accident, crunch, docking, gudgeon, hunter 36, orcas

Fixing engine coolant pump and an amazing days sailing

July 4, 2016Matt 6 Comments

I guess my titles are becoming more and more literal. Soon it’s gonna devolve down to ‘I did a Thing and then another Thing’. Anyway. My original plan was to head to Orcas island on Friday 1st July. This is… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Sailing 2qm20, engine, gudgeon, hunter 36, orcas island, pump, sailing

Summer 2016 so far

June 21, 2016Matt 2 Comments

I haven’t updated for a while because I’ve been really tired, was on a business trip and <insert excuse here> So here are some things that happened recently in no real order Had my fourth broach/knockdown. This one was on… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Sailing blerghhh, gudgeon, hunter 36, portland island, summer

Farewell sweet prince~

June 6, 2016Matt 5 Comments

So, although I love my porta-bote when it was up and workin’, actually putting the 10′ boat together was a pain on the foredeck, especially with the solar panels there now. With this in mind, I traded my 10′ for… Continue reading →

Maintenance dinghy, evinrude, gudgeon, hunter 36, outboard, porta-bote

Wednesday night racing and Swiftshore 2016!

June 1, 2016Matt 6 Comments

So I’ve been doing some racing recently, mainly as an attempt to learn more about sail trim beyond ‘the white things are up in the air and not flapping’ I started around a month ago after Phil invited me onto… Continue reading →

Sailing gudgeon, hunter 36, martin 242, racing, swiftshore 2016

Five day mini-cruise

May 25, 2016Matt 4 Comments

So it was just a long weekend here, and  I decided to take the opportunity to take off an extra two days, turning it into a 5 day weekend! And, I can’t remember if I mentioned this but I plan… Continue reading →

Sailing gudgeon, hunter 36, portland island, sailing, saltspring island, stern tie

Solar Install Part 2: Installing the first 200 watts of the system

May 18, 2016Matt 4 Comments

Dumb title but didn’t know what else to call it – as it’s not the last bit of solar I’ll install. As mentioned in the previous post on this topic I’d got hold of a couple 100 watt panels and an… Continue reading →

Maintenance, Solar Install controller, gudgeon, hunter 36, solar, solar install, solar panels

Spriiiiiiiing

May 9, 2016Matt 2 Comments

I haven’t updated for a couple of weeks, mainly because Nothing super interesting has happened I’ve been really lazy and haven’t done much Due to a combo of work and other factors, I’ve just been exhausted and unmotivated In fact,… Continue reading →

Other gudgeon, hunter 36, spring, stuff, ugh

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