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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Category: Boat Projects
Sailing to the table
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
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!
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,
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
…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
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
…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
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[…]
Read moreSearching for Ohana
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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