When we return to Adventure in April each season, we work hard not just to maintain her, but to add comfort, safety, and fun. This year we are adding another kayak, cockpit captain’s seat, dinghy electric trolling motor, dry bilge system, 200 watts more solar, WiFi Meshtastic, desalinator diverter, and more. But none of thisContinue reading “Rewiring the Boat Flashback”
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It smells like SeaWorld!
Season 4 starts now! Each year Kathy and I make a blood pact that we’ll keep our blog up to date for our loyal readers and ultimately let them down. But it’s a new season of hope! Kathy and I arrived at Adventure yesterday and found that a romp of otters had made our cockpitContinue reading “It smells like SeaWorld!”
Sewing in the nuclear age
Kathy’s making pockets in our weather cloth for the new solar panels. I’ve chosen to manage this project as I know less than nothing about sewing. That entails mostly just asking “how’s it going?” and “when do you think you’ll be done?” every 15 minutes or so. Kathy sometimes makes the mistake of asking myContinue reading “Sewing in the nuclear age”
Who got the bolt out? Who, who, who, who?
Yesterday it was finally time to tackle the stripped out bolt on the engine. our bolt extraction kit had arrived and all our hopes and dreams were placed on it being the solution. The socket did not fit squarely on the bolt which made us nervous because in a lot of the videos we watchedContinue reading “Who got the bolt out? Who, who, who, who?”
Tales of Misadventure 