Installing lazy jacks
Up to now, my tactic for dousing my main sail has been to ‘open halyard, dump sail all over...
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Tag: mast
Topclimber trial run
One of the things that I had to solve at some point was finding a way to get up the mast by...
Read MoreMast Climbin’
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 MorePutting mast back on and heading home
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 MoreMast work (part 4)
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 MoreMast work pa… wait, crap
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 MoreMast work (part 2)
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 MoreMast Work (part 1)
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 MoreMoving to Sooke and pulling the mast
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 MoreTaking 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...
Read MoreGetting internet
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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