When he finished, his friend commented, “Now that you bought the Catalina, are you going to sell the Hunter, or just start up your own fleet of sailboats?”
Filling The Sails
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A milestone….or hourstone?
I turned the boat into the wind and set the tiller tamer to hold course. As I stood up, I noticed I was slightly off the wind, so I moved the tiller ever-so-slightly. I heard a small “pop” and watched as the line holding the tiller fell away into the cockpit.
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Slight Mishap
The mishap occurred about twenty minutes before I became aware of it. I pointed into the wind, hoisted the mainsail and the jib. As soon as I fell off the wind a bit and the jib caught air I realized my mistake.. Twenty minutes before, while at the dock, I had rigged…..
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The Annapolis Book of Seamanship
Look what came in the mail today! Been wanting this for a while.
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Broken Dock Lines!
So a couple of my dock lines broke in the super high winds [~70 mph!] this week. I got…..
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Nerd, geek, techie; Whatever you call it
I’ve been called a nerd, geek, and techie just to name a few. It’s interesting, though, because I abhor mathematics. I never was very good at the formulas and…..
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Well, at least it looks a little better…
Here’s a quick video of my progress installing the interior hull liner on the Hunter 25.
You’ll notice some imperfections in the liner, specifically on the starboard berth top portion. I couldn’t get it to lay exactly against the hull because (I’m guessing) the curvature, both vertical and horizontal, of the hull…..
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The best sailboat is the one you already have
When I got my head out of the clouds and cleared up from the allure of getting a new-to-me boat, I knew there’s not really a whole lot left to do on my refit…..
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Where have I been?
I guess I’ve got a pretty good portion of the globe covered so far. But I’m not done yet!