Sailing Sooner
So at this point I’d taken Sooner out for her first big trip, but still hadn’t actually sailed her outside of the short test sail before purchase. One of the really nice things about being on a boat this time… Continue reading
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Thanksgiving raftup 2022
Last year some friends of mine all took our sailboats to an anchorage and rafted up together for Canadian Thanksgiving. I took Frawg (the Shark 24 I part-owned) up with my girlfriend at the time and it was really fun,… Continue reading
First (un)docking mishap
So at this point I still hadn’t had Sooner out except for moving her from Pender to Victoria, and then once to Sidney to haul out. Neither would count as a pleasure trip, and with the summer rapidly ending I… Continue reading
Teak Wars: The Teakening Strikes Back
One of the things that made me pretty leery about buying Sooner was the amount of exterior teak on her. Not only were there the dreaded teak decks, there were also teak cap rails, cockpit trim, cockpit seats, dorade boxes,… Continue reading
A new dinghy
Sooner came with a hard shell dinghy, which I think was fiberglass over a wooden frame. You can see it on the front of the boat in this pic: It was really cute, but was only 6′ long and was… Continue reading
Installing water filtration
I am horribly behind on posts, as I have done a lot of boat work in the last couple of months or so while at the same time failing to be motivated to write anything due to being dumped, turning… Continue reading
Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 2 – The New Schematic
So I actually got off my arse and made a (very) high level schematic which should save me at least 3 hours of typing. Here is Sooners new DC system! (this is definitely gonna break this post for everyone trying… Continue reading
Wiring up Sooners DC: Part 1 – The old wiring
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