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Return From Orcas

November 4, 2015Matt 7 Comments

Come Sunday I was pretty exhausted. Not from the two parties I went to on the weekend (they didn’t help) but also the fact that the boast was tied up to a daydock that could be described as ‘decrepit’, if… Continue reading →

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Sailing through a winter storm

October 31, 2015Matt Leave a comment

This weekend was Halloween, and my friend Elyess had invited me over to Orcas to a couple of parties, and in addition, I had shipped a bunch of stuff from Amazon to her so I went to pick it up… Continue reading →

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Resupply Run

October 26, 2015Matt Leave a comment

First of all – still no pictures. My phone, after lasting two weeks with no back or power button (leading to me having to jam a fork in the side every time I wanted to turn it on) has finally… Continue reading →

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Progress (kind of)

October 16, 2015Matt Leave a comment

I think I used this title before maybe? I’m not sure. It’s been over 230 blog posts(!) so it’s kind of hard to keep track. Anyway, I’ve now done SEVEN out of ten portholes. Hooray. Unfortuntly I don’t think I… Continue reading →

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I’m Real Bad at sewing

October 12, 2015Matt 8 Comments

I ordered a bunch of shit off of www.sailrite.com in order to make some new curtains – my V Berth and head don’t have any. This wasn’t a problem before, as the portholes were covered in enough scratches, UV damage… Continue reading →

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End of Summer

October 5, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Well, its definitely Autumn. The nights are noticeably cooler, it rained a bunch, and there seems to be a billion mosquitoes. I straight up kill 3 or 4 a night, leaving their mushed corpses as a warning to the others, but… Continue reading →

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Hebridean arrived

September 23, 2015Matt 4 Comments

As mention here I ordered a wind vane called a Hebridean and it arrived today in kit form. Looking at the instructions it’s gonna take me a fantastically long time to assemble – WINTER PROJECT methinks. At 1/8 the price of… Continue reading →

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Muddling along

September 22, 2015Matt Leave a comment

Not a super amount to say over the last little bit I now have three of the new portholes in I also removed a 4th one, ready to finish tomorrow I hope I installed an extra charger/holder for the wireless… Continue reading →

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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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