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Heading to the Broughtons

July 23, 2018Matt 2 Comments

After leaving Von Donop Inlet, we had a long motoring day ahead – we had to get through 3 sets of rapids one after each other, which needed exact timing (we were taking the more protected route on the inside… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation gudgeon, hunter 36, lifeongudgeon, liveaboard, sailing

Bouncing around Desolation Sound

July 19, 2018Matt 4 Comments

MONTH LATER EDIT: I am pretty far behind with these, sorry! It’s hard to post with no internet. After we left the copelands we headed towards Desolation Sound. Desolation Sound is a very misnamed area, that is extremely pretty AND has warm… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation desolation sound, gudgeon, hunter 36, liveaboard, sailing

Princess Louisa to the Copeland Islands

June 25, 2018Matt 5 Comments

After leaving Princess Louisa we had another long long motor back down Jervis Inlet. We were originally going to reach Westview Marina (which is basically Powell Rivers government docks) but in the end we were both tired so we stopped at Hotham… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation bc, copeland islands, gudgeon, hunter 36, sailing

Princess Louisa Inlet

June 14, 2018Matt 1 Comment

After leaving garden bay, we headed up Jervis Inlet to Princess Louisa Inlet. We were ummming and aahhhing about whether to go or not as it is a long trip there and back (around 80 nm) up Jervis Inlet and… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Sailing gudgeon, hunter 36, liveaboard, princess louisa inlet, sailing

First week of travel around the gulf islands

June 13, 2018Matt 5 Comments

After arriving at Emma’s parents’ house on the Saturday, we had maybe hoped to get away by Sunday. But with provisioning, packing and a billion errands we FINALLY got away on Tuesday afternoon at around 5, barely scraping out (including… Continue reading →

Circumnavigation, Sailing gudgeon, hunter 36, liveaboard, pnw, sailing

Solar Panel Expansion: Part One – Mounting the panels on the side of the boat

May 11, 2018Matt 4 Comments

My inital ‘oh god I need something QUICK’ rush job of sticking two 100 watt panels onto the front of the boat had done a good job, lasting all the way around the island but had suffered from me trampling all… Continue reading →

Maintenance gudgeon, hunter 36, liveaboard, sailboat, sailing, solar, solar install, solar panels

Shaking off the rust. Badly.

February 28, 2018Matt 5 Comments

Last weekend I decided to take the boat out for the weekend and go to Orcas, as it had been almost SIX MONTHS since I had gone anywhere, what with the painting, the battery install and the crappy weather. I… Continue reading →

Sailing #bundleordie, gudgeon, hunter 36, liveaboard, orcas, sailing

Bunch of small stuff I just did OR a nice way to spend a sunny day

January 14, 2018Matt 2 Comments

So this was originally going to be about the next stage of the LifePO4 install (spoiler alert: I finished and it works) but it’s a lot of writing and I couldn’t be bothered yet. HOWEVER today was actually SUNNY (at this… Continue reading →

Maintenance bluetooth, boom 2, gudgeon, hunter 36, liveaboard, sailing, speakers, UE boom 2, wireless speakers, wiring

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