Installing lazy jacks
Up to now, my tactic for dousing my main sail has been to ‘open halyard, dump sail all over...
Read Moreby Matt | May 10, 2017 | Maintenance | 1
Up to now, my tactic for dousing my main sail has been to ‘open halyard, dump sail all over...
Read Moreby Matt | Nov 19, 2016 | Maintenance | 6
One of the things that I had to solve at some point was finding a way to get up the mast by...
Read Moreby Matt | Jul 31, 2015 | Maintenance | 0
I needed to go up the mast to a) rerun the spreader halyard for my courtesy/quarantine flag that I stupidly had let come off b) rerun the halyard for the spinnaker (and more importantly, the hammock) which I had stupidly let the...
Read Moreby Matt | Apr 13, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 10
So after all the driving back and forth from Sooke my cars muffler has gone. It sounds like a souped up honda civic, being cruised down Southend seafront by a hormonal 17 year old who is desperately mackin’ on the...
Read Moreby Matt | Apr 12, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 0
Now, with all the hardware and conduit installed, it was time to run the wires. This was a royal pain in the arse. First I removed all the old wire Then I laid out all the wires, there were 9 of them. Next, I ran the spreader...
Read Moreby Matt | Apr 10, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 0
So I discovered that my compression post was rotten at the top, as mentioned in my last post. I found this out when I removed the teak panelling to check And found this and on the other side, this This is basically the thing...
Read Moreby Matt | Apr 6, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 0
Another day, another few hours of fiddling around with aluminium. First was to finish taking all the old hardware off the mast. Next, I decided to install the Davis Windex (a big stick with an arrow basically, that shows you...
Read Moreby Matt | Apr 4, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 2
There is no cellphone or wireless signal in Sooke, so I am typing this on a BC Ferry on the way back from Vancouver. Having pulled the mast, I then felt slightly overwhelmed for the next couple of days and just procrastinated...
Read Moreby Matt | Mar 31, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 4
Lot of pictures in this one, sorry! Click any picture for a full size version. After an abortive attempt to move on Sunday, Monday morning I woke up at 5:30am and prepared to leave. The reason being that the high tide was at...
Read Moreby Matt | Mar 3, 2015 | Maintenance, Mast Wiring Refit | 3
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...
Read Moreby Matt | Feb 18, 2015 | Maintenance | 2
So this month I noticed my internet bill had gone from ~$30 a month to over $70. Argh. I called Shaw and was told that the $30 a month had been a special promotion that was now ended, and the 70 bucks was the...
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