Half Moon Bay, CA to Monterey, CA
This was a nice little day jaunt, being only 60 or so NM away from Half Moon Bay. I motored out in...
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Coos Bay, OR to Eureka, CA
Leaving Coos Bay I had another nice sunrise motoring out, the sea was really flat and there...
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Astoria, OR to Coos Bay, OR
After a few days rest and the odd bit of patching up done in Astoria I headed out early in the...
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Yard Work II
So to cut to the chase, I am back in the water and tooling around the area testing out stuff. This...
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A rather hairy trip to and from Orcas Island
After the swiftsure race I had a couple of nights downtown and then headed back to Cadboro Bay for...
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LiFePo4 Batteries: Part Seven – Installing the Inverter
Part of the reason I was installing a LifePO4 bank (aside to move them into the cabin/save weight...
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In and out the dockyard for a five day haulout
So after I got back from Ottawa, I had Friday evening to get ready for the trip to the dockyard,...
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Solar Panel Expansion: Part One – Mounting the panels on the side of the boat
My inital ‘oh god I need something QUICK’ rush job of sticking two 100 watt panels...
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A slightly panic inducing list
With 72 days till the last day of work, the swiftsure race and the start of my trip, here are the...
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It got cold (or, a list of boring jobs I did)
I don’t want to complain too much after last years winter (where it started raining in...
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Lithium Batteries: Part One – LiFePO4 design
Ok before I start I gotta give a huge NERD WARNING, as this stuff is probably going to be of not...
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Painting FINISHED! Plus a marina move
Painting Done Well, title says it all – I finished painting. Finally. It was a bit tricky as...
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