Category: sailing
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Happy Birthday Captain Adam! 🎂
So, just a quick update. Time is money at the boatyard, so this post is brief… The new engines are ready to go in. Everything has been painted, cleaned, ceramic coated, and polished. As soon as the dust settles we will give a full rundown of what just happened! Please stay tuned! We set sail momentarily!!! ⛵⛵⛵⛵ Continue reading Happy Birthday Captain Adam! 🎂
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“Many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese -toasted, mostly”
We have waited, waited some more, waited again, and again, while continuing to wait, only to wait again….finally to only be delayed by Covid-19 🦠, a container ship 🚢 stuck in the Suez Canal, and…..then we stalked, tracked, calculated, surmised, and timed the arrival of The NYK Meteor to it’s port. Today is a grand, delightful, wonderful, happy, joyous, triumph, marvelous, spectacular day! The container … Continue reading “Many’s the long night I’ve dreamed of cheese -toasted, mostly”
“There is always a bigger fish!”
As we are waiting for the engines to arrive on the container ship 🚢…We have been doing all of the important projects to make it an easy process for our Diesel Mechanic Sean.👨🔧 We had to take time out and write this quick post. We had our boat neighbor tell us that there were 2 giant Goliath Groupers 🐟 under our boat the other night. … Continue reading “There is always a bigger fish!”
“Just close your eyes and pretend it’s all a bad dream. That’s how I get by.”
Well, our engines have found their way to the warehouse. We have been doing small projects to make the time pass. Recently we got the “unofficial USCG certified Bikini Bottom life ring”. Captain Adam installed a bracket for one of our tablets. We will use it for Aquamaps and other non-chartplotter maps. The helm seat base was repainted, and all of the clutches for the … Continue reading “Just close your eyes and pretend it’s all a bad dream. That’s how I get by.”
“Sail now, work later”
Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than those you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from safe harbor. Catch the wind in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover. ~ Mark Twain So, a recap of where we started and what has happened…… The old blog lays in wasteland, it needs about 100 hours to put … Continue reading “Sail now, work later”
“The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.”
So, to burn some time while waiting for the new engines to arrive from overseas. Captain Adam and Bruno decided to put up the new jib sail. It was a hard fought battle. Nobody fell in the water through! 🐙🐳🦀🐠 A new 316 stainless 44 lb Danforth ⚓ now replaces the 50 lb Rocna⚓. This anchor ⚓is better suited for sandy and muddy bottoms, which … Continue reading “The problem is not the problem. The problem is your attitude about the problem.”
So, you want to be a Diesel mechanic? 👩🔧
This set of videos done by Captain Adam 🏴☠️ and Sean 👨🔧 from Coral Reef Diesel 🐠 are a guide on how to properly check, diagnose, document, and remove a Volvo MD2040 Diesel engine from a Manta Catamaran.⛵ (Without sinking the boat) It is worth noting, that keeping a log of your repairs, upgrades, and mechanical bills is a good way to make sure you … Continue reading So, you want to be a Diesel mechanic? 👩🔧
We won our insurance claim!
Since October 14, 2020….we have been fighting insurance adjusters about the sand that got into our engines. We finally settled the claim and are replacing both of the engines, saildrives, props, and electronics. A new complete blog to come when we get the engines in and do sea trials! ⛵ Please stay tuned! The best is yet to come! 🦩 Continue reading We won our insurance claim!
We’re back!
Welcome! We reformatted our blog and we have a ton of updates to finish. We hope you have a wonderful new year and enjoy our adventures! 👩🦰⛵ During our update, a lot of the old blog was lost in the transition. We will make attempts to reload it later. Please be patient, we will get everything worked out soon! 👍 New year, new blog format, … Continue reading We’re back!
