Category Archives: Maintenance and Enhancements

January, 2014 Boat Projects, SF Boat Show, and Project Planning

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Cindy

After a brief flight up to Seattle for a few days to visit our son Drew, we drove to Cool Change on our way back from the airport to spend a few more days with her.  Rick’s 2014 vacation day … Continue reading →

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New Alternator, and Brightwork

Posted on February 18, 2014 by Cindy

After our return from Mexico, the sun shown every day on the San Francisco Bay, it seemed.  It was hard to appreciate the gravity of the California drought when all we saw was gorgeous weather. But the wind in the … Continue reading →

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Some More Electrical Upgrades and Hull Work

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Cindy

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Rick’s electrical upgrades continued throughout this time.  By early September, he had completed his installation of a new, more powerful battery charger, and all the rerouting of cables and equipment that accompanied it: His next project is to upgrade the … Continue reading →

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Trip back to KKMI, the boatyard, September 2 – 5, 2013

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Cindy

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Since last fall when it was installed, the galley discharge thru-hull was ever so slightly weeping salt water.  Not a good thing.  We finally got it fixed under warrantee by KKMI. They handled it well and it now looks good, … Continue reading →

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New Monitor Windvane!

Posted on September 6, 2013 by Cindy

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After Cindy’s shoulder replacement on June 13, we gave ourselves a few weeks and then were back down on Cool Change again, installing the windvane.  It took at least three full weekends of our time, with help from dockmates, but … Continue reading →

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Memorial Day Weekend on the boat

Posted on June 19, 2013 by Cindy

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This was our first “free” weekend where we weren’t preparing the boat or ourselves for a US Sailing certification of some kind.  Finally, we could just do whatever we wanted to do!  We had some thoughts about joining Club Nautique … Continue reading →

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April 11-12, 2013: Strictly Sail Pacific Boat Show

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Cindy

This is always so much fun to go to, and so expensive!  We ended up putting money down on a Monitor Wind Vane, a self-steering mechanism we figure is essential for long passages.    It takes up a lot of … Continue reading →

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March 23, 24, 2013: New Lifelines, Halyards and Boom Vang

Posted on May 20, 2013 by Cindy

The first thing that the Tag Instructor noticed the weekend before, were some missing cotter pins on the lifelines.  Frankly, neither Rick nor I had spent much time looking at the lifelines.  We didn’t really know what to look for, … Continue reading →

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February 23, 2013: Ahoy Up There!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cindy

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A while back, we had purchased a bosun’s chair, and we had a 3-to-1 purchase system for hauling one of us up the mast, but it turned out that the 3-to-1 purchase system line was too short to get either … Continue reading →

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February 9, 2013: Anchor Chain on Board!

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Cindy

I am making the next several posts for the Spring of 2013, all at the same time, in May, trying to recreate what we have done for the last three months.  I am looking over Navionics Tracks and financial records … Continue reading →

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