Tag: Projects
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Big Construction Projects
By big I literally mean big as in large pieces and large cuts. Something we are tackling here is the ceiling panels. Much like our last boat, of course, we somehow ended up with another boat which didn’t come with any ceiling panels. It made a world of a difference on Karma and they didn’t…
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Stranded in the Broughtons Pt 1: Brainstormin’ options
This blog is a stressful one to write. I imagine it is stress inducing to read. It gets solved I promise. ! We were beginning to understand the schedule that the Johnstone Strait required. That is, catch the ebbing tide early morning, instead of the afternoon ebb, to avoid the strong westerly winds that build.…
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Days 7 – 8 Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Repower: Plans, Cranes, & Automobiles
Day 7 is a mystery but the 8th was a most important day. A circus of logistical bedlam unraveled all day. Highlights follow. PAYMENT FOR NEW ENGINE Many phone calls leads to 1 hour phone call for a wire transfer. The hope was to get a receipt before Janet and Amos arrive in Sidney. That…
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Days 4 – 6 Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Repower: Stagnation to Domination
Many a chore has been accomplished the last few days. We even had time to procrastinate! After many a scrub on day 3, we still had more cleaning to do so day 4 we scrubbed until we had only nubs. It seems the more we clean the more dirty the boat gets. Stuff absolutely everywhere…
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Day 2: Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Repower: Engine Removed
After our late start dismantling yesterday, today commenced around 11am with the goal of hopefully getting the engine out of the boat and on the deck somewhere. There wasn’t too much left. Essentially the goal is to disconnect everything from the engine so its just sitting there. We had 2 major components left, the coupler…
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Day 1 of a Ruff ‘n’ Tumble Repower
So the story goes we are re powering Karma! We are slapping in a 2GM20F in place of our well used and well loved 2QM. The first funny thing we learned was that what we have is not a 20 HP engine, but an 8 HP. Since we got the boat and was told from…
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19:01 Sunset Time
The summer is slowly but not so surely coming to a close in the PNW and the earlier sunset times are the first indication of this. The days are warm still, clear with but a few scattering of clouds. The winds are still the PNW notorious light variety though there are occasional days of strong…
Sailing Vessel Karma 