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New Controls
We finally finished installing new (to us) engine control handles in the cockpit today. I thought it would be a couple of hours but it was a couple of days. The work perfectly but I’m tired of rebuilding systems that allegedly were “fine” before we bought the boat. I expected 3-4 weeks of work here […]
Continue reading...Hanging out
4 September 2011
We have the mast down, we took it down last Tuesday and we have an appointment to have it re-stepped this Tuesday. Almost everything that could be wrong with the hardware, electrical, or running rigging was wrong. We’ve had a hard week getting everything prepared but we’re almost done with this stage and tomorrow shouldn’t […]
Continue reading...In the water
28 August 2011
After a marathon effort by all three of us we finally launched Landfall last week. This is good. It’s really good. The only water intrusion was through one small through-hull seacock. We plan to use it later for our saltwater foot pump for washing dishes but we don’t need to hook all of that up […]
Continue reading...It’s Aliiive!
7 August 2011
Yep, the trusty Perkins diesel started right up. Right after a week of running around looking for plumbing parts and electrical parts and more plumbing parts to hook it all up to the boat and to attach all of it’s various pieces together. Then a weekend of cleaning fuel and treating fuel to no avail […]
Continue reading...Big Eyes
30 July 2011
Okay…I guess they’re not really Big Eyes, but our new BARSKA Gladiator binoculars did a pretty bang up job of revealing last night’s moon, in all its pockmarked glory. We’ve been planning on replacing our binoculars later, rather than sooner. Our first pair is, admittedly, more than a little worse for the wear. Even so, […]
Continue reading...More big progress!
17 July 2011
Stove? YES! and an oven, wiiiith a broiler. Oh yes. Brownies. We haven’t had an oven for a year. This should be good. First I fixed the wiring, it had a pretty shoddy connection at the solenoid so I stripped back the wires and crimped on some waterproof self-sealing shrink tubing connectors. We still couldn’t […]
Continue reading...Big progress today!
13 July 2011
The freshwater system all works now! Imagine that, you turn on the tap and water comes out. You move the toilet lever and the bowl fills with water. You pump the arm and it flushes. Cool. The A/C electrical system all works now! Imagine that, you plug in an appliance and it works. The propane […]
Continue reading...Why do I feel like celebrating the fact that my box traveled nowhere in two weeks?
27 June 2011
When we bought our “new” Perkins 4.108 engine, we knew up front that the fuel injection pump was leaking and needed to be rebuilt–that’s why we got a such a good price on the engine. The previous owner had been quoted $1000.00 to have it rebuilt by a marine outfit in the San Francisco Bay […]
Continue reading...How’s the new Perkins looking?
13 June 2011
We bought this used and decided to reseal it and replace a few parts. It’s almost done!
Continue reading...Inflated
9 June 2011
For $700 I kind of expected an inflatable boat like the first one we ever bought. It was, coincidentally, another Zodiac, however that poor limp thing had been abused and neglected to the point where all of the glue was letting loose of the fabric and the air had free license to move in and […]
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