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Drakes Bay, CA to San Fran, CA, to Half Moon Bay CA

October 19, 2023Matt Leave a comment

I woke up early to leave Drake’s Bay – and found it covered in thick fog. Awesome. Actually it was awesome as I got to use my new foghorn for the first time! AND this time there was no Emma… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation sailboat, sailing

Neah Bay, WA to Eureka, CA

September 21, 2023Matt 2 Comments

So before I wrote this I reread my entries from last time, when I hopped from Neah Bay to Astoria, Astoria to Coos Bay and then Coos to Eureka. It is pretty amazing how bad a time I was having,… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation california, eureka, neah bay, sailboat, sooner, Washington

Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 3 – Replacing the BMS in the LifePO4 bank

February 1, 2023Matt Leave a comment

After pricing out decent cells it turned out to be cheaper to get a premade battery from https://www.electriccarpartscompany.com I went with the BestGo battery pack as seen here https://www.electriccarpartscompany.com/12v-400ah-preferred-lifepo4-lithium-battery-packs I saw a teardown online of the battery here and it… Continue reading →

Maintenance LiFePO4, REC BMS, sailboat, sooner

Christmas Update

December 24, 2022Matt 6 Comments

Been a few weeks since I last updated, due to it being winter I haven’t really felt like doing anything boat or writing related, but here is a brief update. The marina where I’m at has a competition where they… Continue reading →

Maintenance liveaboard, sailboat, sailing, sooner

Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 1 – The old wiring

August 27, 2022Matt 3 Comments

So this has actually been an ongoing project over the last (checks calendar* seven?! wow) months and I’ve been putting off writing about it because I wanted the first post to be the overview and I was CONSTANTLY changing my… Continue reading →

Maintenance DC, electrical, sailboat, sooner, wiring

Refurbishing the Head: Part Two

May 10, 2022Matt Leave a comment

So after part one, I’d removed the old toilet, glassed up the two thruhulls, and removed all the old hose. Now to put stuff back together again! As mentioned in a couple of previous posts, I’d decided to go with… Continue reading →

Maintenance composting toilet, head, natures head, ogo, sailboat

Rewiring Sooner’s AC: Part 2

February 4, 2022Matt 3 Comments

After I got the smartplug and galvanic isolator installed, it was time to tackle the inside bits of the 120 volt system. The first order of business was to replace the 3 AC outlets with GFCIs. These are the things… Continue reading →

Maintenance 120 volt, AC, electrical, sailboat, sooner

Summer Update

November 26, 2021Matt 4 Comments

Well, end of summer update. Or autumn now I guess. Anyway, I’m not dead – just had very little boatwise to talk about after selling Gudge. I did go halves with Emma on a shark 24 called FRAWG, which is… Continue reading →

Other boat, sailboat, sailing

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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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