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New(ish) Winches

June 14, 2017Matt Leave a comment

So after managing to destroy both my cabintop winches  I needed new ones. Fast. So I got the same type (I thought) off ebay. Why would I do this when I’ve complained about them incessantly? Because it was only 100 CAD… Continue reading →

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Stripping and cleaning Barient 10P winches

April 10, 2017Matt Leave a comment

So the weather has upgraded from ‘god awful’ to ‘really depressing’ (another record – it rained 29 days in March. Wooooooo) and to celebrate I decided to finally clean and strip my two companionway winches. Also known as the piece… Continue reading →

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Cleaning a winch

September 6, 2016Matt 2 Comments

After a month of sailing around, it was back to my job *cue sad trombone noises* Also, as if to emphasise that summer and fun is over for the foreseeable future it began to rain. A bunch. This meant I… Continue reading →

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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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