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Category: Boat Projects

No Longer Pushing Rope

April 3, 2020 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

Hands are sensory organs, and the difference to the hand between old and new lines is emotional, encouraging, adventurous. A soft handful of control, thick enough to grip and pull,[…]

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Sailing to the table

November 21, 2017 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Leaving Solomons was awesome! We sailed out of the little town inner-harbor at 4 knots under main alone on a close reach that only broadened as we blasted down the[…]

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The cruising life

November 19, 2017 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

One of my (James’) favorite things in the world is lying at anchor, safely waiting out a gritty weather system. The past few days have been a great opportunity to[…]

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BOOM!

November 8, 2017 James Boat Projects, James' Blog

We’re getting close and it’s freaking us out! The Go/No-Go list has been checked and re-checked and all systems report as GO! New Starter, Go! New Duel Primary 8D AGM,[…]

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…and just like that,

September 23, 2017 Dena Boat Projects, James' Blog

She’s blasted, She’s barrier coated, She’s faired and painted, …painted, painted and painted! …scrubbed, scraped, pollished and, yep, painted, …painted, …strapped, hoisted, …splashed, …motored and slipped! So let me introduce[…]

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12th Haul Out

September 13, 2017 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

…And here we are again in another place altogether doing a thing we know how to do. The big job this time around is the bottom. Wait…that’s always the big[…]

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Flash Cooling

July 31, 2017 James Boat Projects, James' Blog

Like most folks in these latitudes we were quite literally hunkering down for the dog days when, like a cruel glimmer of hope, the quicksilver took a southern dive! …And[…]

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Sailing; the reason why

June 28, 2017 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

…Of course, like all good sailing adventure stories, it has to start out with a project! Right after we got back from India, on our first trip back into Bacon[…]

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Just another day at the office

September 2, 2015 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

Remember this?! Over the last three weeks we’ve been working our little tails off (between rain storms and Dena beginning and completing the first draft of her third novel) repairing[…]

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Searching for Ohana

July 17, 2015 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

After our calamitous approach to Portland Harbor and subsequent safe anchorage, we decided to dedicate the following day to finding Ohana, the boat that gave us 5 gallons of diesel[…]

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