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Category: Dena’s Blog Posts

Finally the mast!

June 12, 2022 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

After searching for over three months to find a shipyard that could and would pull our mast, we were almost desperate and getting turned down was starting to get infuriating.[…]

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Getting up to date

June 8, 2022 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog, Life Under Sail

We’ve been in a strange holding-pattern slash striving-for-progress kind of time. While waiting for our engine parts in Onset, we tried setting up the Monitor only to find out that[…]

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When sailing is the only option

May 27, 2022 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

All dressed up in the beautiful new Seatiger 555, James and I were raring to go and the weather looked like it might cooperate. Spring forecasts and all, but there[…]

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And then I was done

May 20, 2022 Dena Dena's Blog Posts

I worked this last 14 months. It wasn’t mostly fixing flat tires, but there was rather a lot of that. This very last flat of my North Shore commute was[…]

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Integrating the wind mast with the PET

May 19, 2022 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

We’d ordered the mounting kit for our new Rutland 1200 wind generator thinking that we’d use only parts of it. Because of the way the solar panels fit, though, the[…]

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Redefining the AET: meet the PET

May 17, 2022 Dena Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts

After a lightbulb moment and a short discussion, we’re renaming our tower. The power we will get from the sun and wind aren’t “alternatives” – they’re primary. So we’re going[…]

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Geographically inspired

February 12, 2022 James Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

I (James) have a winter problem. My problem with winter in New England isn’t that it’s cold. I don’t really mind the cold that much. My problem is nothing, meaning[…]

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It’s on

December 20, 2021 James Boat Projects, Dena's Blog Posts, James' Blog

So, the past two weekends we finally did a project that we’ve been wanting to do since we got S/V S.N. Cetacea… We isolated our starting battery away from the[…]

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The Six Town Ride

November 27, 2021 Dena Dena's Blog Posts

I’m so glad that James took care of the Beverly Port story. I was still wrapped up in getting our money back from them (first she said no refund, then[…]

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Loosening Ties

May 31, 2021 Dena Dena's Blog Posts, Life Under Sail

Colloquial sayings stick around because they strike a chord, but the best of them work in multiple situations with multiple meanings. “Don’t shit where you eat” is a saying that’s[…]

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