I met the prospective buyer at the marina a couple days after he first contacted me. He looked her over and made his offer on the spot. It was practically an asking-price offer, so it didn’t take long for me to agree….
Filling The Sails
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Can A Clinometer Be Sexy?
There I was, relaxing onboard my boat with the soft sound of reggae music coming from the stereo. I take in the view of everything around me. My eyes focus the clinometer….
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A headsail downhaul line
There’s many times I go out sailing single-handed and because of that I continually seek to improve the safety of how I do things. My latest project was to install a downhaul line for the headseail.
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Tightening the boom end tang
Removal and maintenance on the boom end tang on a Catalina 25 sailboat.
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Sailboat jewelry? No, not that kind of pendant.
A pendant is a line or wire attached to the tack hook or shackle where you normally attach the tack of the headsail. This allows you to raise the foot/tack of the headsail off the deck.
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A boat I don’t know on a lake I’m not familiar with
….and then I sat there for several minutes….wondering if I was even going to go out. The wind had picked up to about 12 or 13 mph and for the first time in a long time I was apprehensive about going out sailing. What if something happened out there……I’m in a boat I don’t know on a lake I don’t know….
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Tiller Repair [part 2]
I mixed up the epoxy, spread the split apart a little more than it was already and put the epoxy within the split. I put it as far down into the split as I could. I then clamped the tiller end shut with the C-clamps.
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Tiller Repair [part 1]
I can either repair it [whilst also increasing my knowledge of sailboat maintenance and repairs] or simply buy a new one [and learn nothing].
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I have….and I still do.
I’ve talked a little and I’ve dreamed a lot about sailing around the world.
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Catalina 25 Tall Rig
She is well suited to her purpose in terms of design and build quality although some owners have sailed their Catalina 25s through the Caribbean, to South America, and even to Hawaii.